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DISGRASIAN OF THE WEAK! Suspected Times Square Bomber Faisal Shahzad
Suspected Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad is giving people a bad name.
And, no, we don’t mean terrorists. (They do a fantastic job of that on their own, obvs.)
We mean immigrants. And naturalized citizens. And Pakistani Americans, who, in the wake of several recent terror plots involving other Pakistani Americans, are living in fear of the backlash. People whose lives may resemble Shahzad’s in one way or another with the exception of one key point–they aren’t terrorists.
But they’re certainly more likely now to be suspected as such. Which is just what everyone needs in our current climate of immigrant-hate, rah-rah-racial profiling, and politicians preying on people’s fear of The Other, as in this ad from Republican Dan Fanelli, who’s running for Congress in Florida:
(For any of you geniuses who actually think racial profiling works–we seem to be Continue reading DISGRASIAN OF THE WEAK! Suspected Times Square Bomber Faisal Shahzad
Filed under: Anti-Immigration Law, Arizona, Bad Apples, Conservatards, Dan Fanelli, Dick Cancer, Faisal Shahzad, Immigrants, Islamic Extremism, Naturalized Citizens, Pakistani Americans, Political Extremism, Terrorists, Times Square Car Bomber Faisal Shahzad
SPORTS ILLUSTRASIAN: Viva Los Suns
You know there’s something seriously fucked going on in Arizona when people who dribble a ball for a living demonstrate a better understanding of the law there than the people who came up with the law in the first place.
Grant Hill *swoon*
As you may know, the Phoenix Suns wore their “Los Suns” jerseys Wednesday during Game 2 of their playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs–who also tried to wear “Los Spurs” jerseys but could not get them in time–to not only celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but to protest Arizona’s anti-immigration law SB 1070 and show solidarity for Latinos in their community. Before the game, Suns point guard Steve Nash, who is Canadian, spoke out against the law on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption:
I’m against it. I think this is a bill that really damages our civil liberties, I think it opens up potential for racial profiling and racism. I think that it’s a bad precedent to set for young people. I think it represents our state poorly in the eyes of the nation and the world.
BANG. That’s like a classic late-in-the-game Steve Nash shot from behind the arc that Continue reading SPORTS ILLUSTRASIAN: Viva Los Suns
Filed under: Alabama, Anti-Immigration, Anti-Immigration Law, Arizona Immigration Bill SB 1070, Arizona Immigration Law, Arizona SB 1070, Basketball, Canadians Are Nice, Charles Barkley, Cinco de Mayo, Governor Jan Brewer, Grant Hill, Immigrant Haters, Latinos, Los Suns, NBA, Phoenix Suns, Racial Profiling, Racism, Racist Laws, SB 1070, Steve Nash
On SB 1070 And What Happens When “Brown” Means “Illegal”
What does an illegal immigrant look like?
From the Young Conservatards of Texas’ “Capture an Illegal Immigrant Day” in 2005
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who just signed SB 1070 into law last Friday–which allows law enforcement to stop and demand ID of anyone they have “reasonable suspicion” is illegal–has no idea.
And yet, isn’t that the premise of this law? That you have to know what “illegal” looks like? Provision 1 of SB 1070 requires:
Continue reading On SB 1070 And What Happens When “Brown” Means “Illegal”
Filed under: Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Immigration, Anti-Immigration Law, Arizona Immigration Law, Arizona SB 1070, Breathing While Brown, Chicanos, Colorism, Governor Jan Brewer, Hispanics, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Latinos, Mexican-Americans, Mexico, Racism, Racist Law, Reasonable Suspicion, SB 1070
