How does the black community feel about illegal immigration?

Question

Just curious.

I personally know many blacks who are moving to white suburbs to get out of the inner city which is being overrun by illegal Mexicans.

I mean, Jackson and Sharpton will march to Jena over a schoolfight yet many areas in America(black and white) are being overrun by illegal Mexicans. Jobs are being taken, wages depressed, crime is becoming more commonplace due to this,yet the so-called leaders refuse to even talk about this inevitable subject.

Answer 1

Unfortunately the black comunity is focus on his old fights agaisnt "racism" and they dont realize that they have already won that fight... and meanwhile they talk, and talk.... the hispanic community is gaining more and more land,benefits,rights,jobs,properties and population, that's why they are loosing, because they choose not to go a step up on their development as a Society Group.

Answer 2

The media continuously tries to make us believe that we would just crumble without all of that cheap labor. The problem with that logic is that history shows it to be untrue. During WW1 and WW2 most able bodied young men were in some sort of service. During that time we needed more goods then ever before built here because of supply problems with shipping. This country rose to the task and even prospered economically. Some consumer goods will cost us a small amount more. But we have a choice to buy those things or not. We do not have a choice to pay our taxes which support illegals and the employers of illegals. We also don't have a choice but to pay more for EVERYTHING that is in short supply. Necessities like gasoline, electricity, natural gas, etc. will all cost less if the12-20 million illegal left - just imagine how much precious energy a city of that size would use!!! (A 5% increase in demand for these limited supply side commodities can increase price by up to 50%) The bottom line is that there are very few people who support illegal immigration who don't profit in some way from it. They are either illegals themselves (or want an illegal to stay), they employ illegals or they make money from the drug trade. The only other group are the misguided sympathetic people. They have sympathy for illegals but forget all about the 4-5 BILLION people in this world who have far worse lives then most of the illegal criminals!

Answer 3

I think Eff E sums up the illegal immigration problem for every legal person regardless of race. Way to go Eff E!!

Answer 4

That seems to be a theme tonight. Here's link to the debate on "Dean's World" http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1143566558.shtml

"...like black moderate blogger Angela Winters and black moderate-conservative blogger Cobb, I vehemently oppose illegal immigration, . It is blacks (along with legal Latinos) who bear the brunt of illegal immigration, in employment rates. And it is lower-income black communities that are often overrun first with illegal immigrants, who drain social services that should go to citizens and legal residents. Los Angeles is a prime example of this point. If black folks must follow the law, then no special rights for anyone else. And no way should illegal immigrants immediately get rights that took centuries for blacks to acquire. Especially when amnesty-in-disguise proposals will only increase illegal immigration, as it did when President Ronald Reagan tried it.

Nor do I buy the "illegal immigrants do jobs that Americans don't do" argument. Who do you think were doing these jobs beforehand? Who do you think often still does them, in areas with few illegal immigrants? Nor do illegal immigrants only do the so-called crappy jobs, but are also in areas like construction. Not to mention the issue of price. Illegal immigrants undermine the wages of low-income black (and other) workers, thus undermining the economic opportunity of lower-income blacks (and others) even further. I have no issues with legal immigration, but I have a huge problem when folks want to illegally get over folks' backs, while pimping off our rich civil rights history to try to get there. "

Answer 5

I don't know the answer to this, but Eff E hit the nail on the head!!

That was one of the best ways to look at the Immigration problem.

Thumbs up for you!!!

I wish everyone saw it your way....our way..

Answer 6

All of the sudden whites are interested in the discrimination and joblessness of blacks, They never were concerned with the 200 years of white only schools ,or the slavery issue, Emmet Till , Lynching in the south, etc Why are they so concerned now ,they are scared, they need help. So lets use the old divide and conquer trick. Lets use one group to oppose the others, All of us have our Clarance Thomas and our Alberto Gonzalez ( that will cater to the ) dominate society. but the man on the street in the Hood or the Barrios they do not represent.

Answer 7

So first whites ran out of hte suburbs to get away from African-Americans, and now African-Americans are running away to the suburbs to get away from the Mexicans. Where will the whites go now?

Answer 8

That's 2 women worth respect

Answer 9

I second the answer by Eff E.

Answer 10

I was going to say "for a smart, articulate viewpoint from a black woman, see Tunavamp's answers".....but she has already posted above.

This is a woman I fully respect on YA Immigration.