Duane Brayboy: "The Black Elite's Hot Coffee Stand In Hell"
The conservative blogger in metro Atlanta, Ga. takes issue with a black professor who chastises the many black supporters of Arizona's new law, arguing that they should be more concerned about the racial profiling of Hispanics than with their job prospects: "Written by the very employed R. L’Heureux Lewis, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Black Studies at the City College of New York – CUNY. Now I have been doing this blog for years now and anytime stuff like this went down, many of the usual Black talking heads out offered very little comment on the issue. Innocent Black folks were being targeted by Mexican/Latino gangs (hotbeds of illegal immigrants). You would have thought these same commentators would have come to the defense of the Black folks who had nothing to do with the beef between gangs in that area. Black folks were getting killed and they said nothing. Mighty Whitey passes a law that targets illegal immigration and now suddenly the Black elite jump on the first thing smoking to Arizona to hold a protest banner and cheese for the camera. Those that can’t make it are left with the task of making their fellow unemployed Black bruthas and sistahs feel more guilty for actually putting their own interests (like finding a job, putting food on the table...you know, survival stuff) ahead of a demographic (illegal) that has been pushing them further down the economic ladder."
More: "If these elitist[s] want to prove that they can take one on the chin for the everyday Black man, then I challenge them to put down the protest signs, stop with the commentaries and compete toe to toe with illegals in the job market. Then maybe they can help me answer the question posed to me from my daughter the other day: “Daddy, why is it that all the road workers I see are Mexican?”"
Carol M. Swain: "Real Immigration Reform"
The law and political science professor at Vanderbilt University and moderate-conservative, comments on Twitter: "I have a sneaky feeling that #immigration reform will be a lose-lose 4 America. We don't have the heart or stomach 4 comprehensive reform." She continues: "Comp. immig reform would include: mandatory E-verify, higher penalties 4 visa overstayers, a reexamination of birthright citizenship..." More: "It is ludicrous 2 speak of legalizing 10-12 million illegal aliens when 22 million Americans R unemployed. 2 do so would B a lose-lose." She continues: "Legalization would dramatically increase number of people eligible 4 social welfare entitlement programs.We need 2 enforce existing laws." More: "I wish there was an easy solution. There is none. Democrats want the votes & Republicans like cheap labor. Who loses? We the People!"
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Arizona's Illegal Immigration Law: Bookerista Perspectives Pt. 5
