How long before we have this happening in America?

[RB TexLa]

A tire, a gallon of gas and a crazed person screaming about someone stealing jobs. How long before it happens here?




JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 20 (UPI) -- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu pleaded for an end to violence against migrants in South Africa, where at least 22 people have been killed in 10 days.

Hundreds of people were injured and thousands more fled as South Africans vented frustrations about unemployment and rising prices, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

"This is not how we behave," Tutu said. "These are our brothers and sisters. Please, please stop."

South African President Thabo Mbeki called for the "shameful and criminal acts" to cease.

Vincent Williams, a Southern African Migration Project analyst, said 1997 and 2006 surveys indicate South Africa was intolerant of migrants. The surveys indicated about one-quarter of South Africans wanted a ban on immigrants and more than one-fifth wanted them sent home.

"Over 10 years anti-foreigner sentiment remained more or less the same, and in some cases increased, particularly from the point of view of resource issues," Williams said.


http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/05/20/tutu_pleads_for_end_to_violence/1131/