Reply #148: Great post.

[Ripley]

I think a lot of the claims of "racism" have to do with where you live, if you know what I mean.

In my area the Mexican population has boomed and they have almost completely taken over the roofing business. A couple of years ago an illegal 16 year old Mexican boy fell off of a roof of a commercial building and died. It was amazing to me how little outrage was shown for that in the paper. I imagine if he had been an American boy there would be a lot of outrage. The company is still in business after violating who knows how many labor laws.

The companies are predators. They treat the "illegals" as expendable work units and they don't care if the locals sink into poverty. That bottom line is all that matters. They should punish the companies that hire these people, not the people.