Reply #7: His remarks were insulting

[Tomee450]

and he is dead wrong. All over this country blacks used to work as maids, landscapers, laundry workers. They did a lot of the menial work that is now being given to immigrants. It is absolutely untrue that African Americans do not want those jobs. Even in construction, blacks now have to compete with immigrants and in many cases are no longer being hired. My friend who lives in Georgia, said on the construction sites he sees fewer African Americans. There is a growing concern about immigration and the plan of the Bush administration to allow more immigrants to come in. I have such mixed feeling about this. I know that it must be hard not to have enough money to support one's family and that's why some immigrants risk their lives to come here. On the other hand, it concerns me that immigrants are forcing blacks and poor whites out of certain jobs. They cannot live off the low wages that certain immigrants are willing to accept.