Retards and Racists

***First off let me be clear. I am not a person who cries racism every time something involves people of different nationalities but in this case I believe the charge is warranted.

http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20100420/NEWS01/4200313/Arizona-immigration-law-may-impact-Utah

This first bill is asinine because everyone I think can see that this will turn into a legalization of racial profiling. The example given in the story is about routine traffic stops turning into racial profiling situations but to me there is a better example. In a traffic stop, you HAVE to give them your ID, but what happens when it involves infractions that DON’T involve a car. What if a person is jaywalking? If this law passes then a person who jaywalks may be forced to show his or her ID in a situation where ID isn’t really required because the last I checked you don’t need a license to walk. Now tell me, if there is a person of Hispanic descent and a white person who jaywalk at the same time within view of a police officer, which one will the cop cite? He is going to go after the person who looks different, and fit’s the stereotype. Now this may not seem like an issue but guess what people, “illegal aliens” don’t all look alike.

This also raises the issue about using racial profiling at airport security. Not every terrorist, criminal, etc is going to look Middle Eastern. In fact racial profiling makes it EASIER to trick people because you can simply recruit people who DON’T fit the profile.


http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/national/house-oks-birther-bill-4-19-20101271793528356

This second bill is just as asinine as the first and just as racially charged. To begin with anyone who thinks that a candidate’s citizenship status has not been verified by the time they make it to the General Election is a flat out dumb ass. A candidate’s eligibility is verified WHEN THEY FIRST DECLARE THEY ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE! Not after the primary, not after they take the oath, but BEFORE they even begin his or her campaign. Where was all this concern over this anyway BEFORE Barack Obama declared he was running for president? Was there great concern when Bush or Clinton ran? Of course not because a white person couldn’t POSSIBLY be born in another country.