Monday, February 26, 2007


Mexicans smuggle Chinese aliens

In Washington Times, Feb 23, 2007 there was news about how illegal immigration recently increased. The officers of CBS, Custom and Border Protection, have reported of some Chinese arrested at Calexico, California, while they were helped by Mexican to pass the border. To continue the reporter has mentioned about the increasingly rate of illegal immigration by statistics in percents. According to authorities in Calexico, as port of entry, the CBS officers apprehended more than 1700 aliens in this city, 15 percent over the same period last year.
Analysis
The American Renaissance, as site seeks to have a special and biased view on colored people's issues in US, has cited the news and has asked for comments. Among these comments, some have argued radically on illegal immigration. One of them believes that all immigrants should be executed beside the roads where they are arrested, another one has resembled Mexicans as traitors and gives and an example in Casablanca, captain Renoir, who was bribed by people desired to go to America. But one of them has predicted that Mexicans should be stopped before they start to smuggle Muslim terrorists to America, as another comment rejects this idea and believes that terrorist do not need to be smuggled. One of comments also states that government and Bush personally is liar because some days ago, Michael Chertoff, had said that number of illegal immigrants had gone down.
Although, illegal immigration is one of the main challenges not only in US but also in Iran as well, but it is seemed to be a kind turmoil against Mexicans by some groups. About why Mexicans help aliens to enter, may economic problems be the main reason. According to Department of Labor the rate of unemployment in California is 4.8. Mexicans who helped aliens to enter use their cars to hid immigrants and by their valid card passed the borders. According to reports many Mexicans commit in narcotic smuggling that is again caused by economic problems.
In Iran smuggling of immigrants and narcotics is directly related to poverty and economic problems. By looking on regions therein smuggling happen more than others, you can see the undeveloped regions are on the top. Sistan and Baluchistan, Khorasan and Kerman are the most region smugglers are active. There is similarity between south western states of US and eastern provinces in Iran, in both regions deserts are the main factor to help smugglers as well as loose barriers, although in US some hundreds immigrants die while passing through barriers and deserts, as reported.
It seemed that both governments, Iran and US, should find the way to improve the economical and cultural position in their borders which are in crisis. The interesting issue is that in both countries some groups with different ethnic identities live that may intensify the problems.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007


Another Document for American Democracy !?!
On 14 Feb., 2007, there was a news on yahoo by (AP) about suspicious death of an African–American in 1946.Maceo Snipes, 37 years old, is said by his relatives was shot in the back by four white men a day after he voted in 1946 and two days later died. The cause of his death was announced "gunshot wound by homicide". Today there is no evidence of a criminal investigation and no one was arrested but two groups of civil right tried to solve this unsolved investigation. Snips was shot on July 18, 1946, a day after he voted in the Georgia Democratic Primary. He died on July 20. Fearful relatives buried him at night in an unmarked grave before some family members fled the county, relocating as far north as Ohio. Survivors say they still don't know the location of Snipes' grave. Felix Snipes, dead man's cousin says "It wrecked our family for a long time. The older generation still doesn't want to talk about it." This event followed by a lynching two black couple prompted President Truman to dispatch FBI to investigate but this issue remained unsolved.
One of interesting debates about dead man is that he was a veteran. As one of researchers says, he was killed in the country he fought for that.
Analysis
As one of researchers says, I think that what is important today is to know the truth and the cause of this event, because all of the suspects of this event may be dead. What is interesting is that this events happened at the time of African-Americans' early struggles for their civil rights, in a decade that some important leaders of blacks' movement such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were assassinated as president Kennedy. This event and many likes happened that white society in south showed that was not content about what was happening in favor of African-Americans. Even today there is such struggle when Snipes' relatives claim that they want to make it clear that their cousin was killed innocently.

Friday, February 09, 2007



Service in US Military with different goals
News and Census
Critics say the U.S. military has too many African-Americans as compared to the population and not enough Hispanics or Asian-Americans.
More recruits are drawn from the middle class and fewer are coming from poorer and wealthier families. The office is studying why young black men and women are not signing up. Other trends are that the number of recruits from wealthier families is increasing, and the number of recruits from suburban areas has increased. This also tracks that young men and women from the middle class are serving in the military.Young men and women from urban areas are not volunteering. In fact, urban areas provide far fewer recruits as a percentage of the total population than small towns and rural areas.
Fifteen Filipinos were among 147 foreign-born U.S. military personnel serving in Iraq who were granted U.S. citizenship on July 25 in a mass ceremony in Baghdad’s Camp Victory.
Analysis
Whatever they are or whoever does not matter, they all service in US military. The only place no one cares about their race. They fight and kill for America. If they cry in America for their rights who listens but in Iraq they are granted citizenship in honor of their bravery, as some Filipinos and Mexicans were granted in Baghdad. For them even army held a ceremony in which they should swear for their citizenship.
Today soldiers with different nationalities and ethnic characteristics serve in US military. According to census African Americans are more in army relative to their populations in Am

Wednesday, February 07, 2007



Latinos, Immigration and Election

Today Latinos immigration turns to an ambivalence in American society. The Latinos' important issues, in which immigration as one of main dimensions, were discussed in symposium hold on 7 June, 2006 in Washington D.C. in which attended U.S senators, political consultants and leaders of Latino organizations.
One of issues discussed in this group was about Latinos' role in congress. There was no senator before 2004 from Latinos but in 2004 three senators were elected for Florida, New Jersey and Colorado. They made efforts to defend immigrant Latinos' rights in congress, so immigration was another issue to discuss in this symposium. Latino senators stated that Latino community should register more than past for voting to have more power in American society.
Illegal immigration from Mexico and its restrictions or not to restrict is being discussed by many groups in America. Some Latinos living in America oppose to enter new or illegal immigrants because they believe they would cause lowering wages by masters for many Mexicans come for job. On the other hand, Hispanic senators seek for solution to reduce mortality rate of immigrants in US- Mexico borders while passing through deserts and ask government to solve this problem. The US government is confused that what do really Latinos want?
The congress passed an immigration reform bill to restrict immigration, enforcement of domestic work law and provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants. The 80% Republican senators opposed the bill so it did not provide pathway to citizenship and led to Latinos' protest. For this reason Latino senators who are active in this way seek to encourage Latinos to participate more in voting to get more power in congress.
The Latinos announc

Tuesday, February 06, 2007



AIDS among African Americans
According to reports of research and health care institutes African- Americans have the most infected by AIDS and STD diseases among American ethnic and racial groups. Based on this report in 2004 census on infected people, 50% of them were black, 30 % White and 18 % Spanish. Others such as Asian and Indians each were almost 1%. Among African-Americans, men more than women have been infected, albeit African women include most among women of other races. Having unsafe sex, heterosexual or homosexual, as first and second factors and drug injection as third, are important within men, but for women sex and again drug injection, as first and second factors in order are reported. Taking no antiretroviral drugs, not knowledge about sex partners, poverty, less access to health care and prevention trains against AIDS are reported as main factors to develop more among blacks. To prevent this increasing rate some institutes have implemented since 1980s, so they caused to decrease the rate, some centers as CDC by funding for research and cultural programs tried to ban its excessive extension among African-Americans and other ethnic groups.
Analysis
What is not surprising about this report is its assertion about public poverty among African Americans. Economic poverty entails cultural poverty which is rooted in their calamitous past. If there were no Luther King, Malcolm X, and others to lead movements such Civil%2



Has Bush’s Mission been accomplished?

To choose as sixth snapshot for Mc Alister’s, I think George Bush’s picture in National Cathedral taken on 14 September, 2001 would be suitable if used. A gentle figure as Jesus in background addresses to audience. Interesting to see is that how photographer has waited for such a figure to snap a figure of Bush like Christ at behind with stretched hand and leaning body. This is a very common picture you can find in Google Image. The high and huge shot of Jesus may have efficacy on spectator of Jesus support and bias, particularly if he is a fundamentalist Christian.
Religion as the main factor in Neocons’ political ideology, you can not doubt. Americans are known religious people as themselves call their country “Jesusland”, even beyond “Garden of God”[1], that is historical case. As history of America tells the primary groups arrived in today’s U.S were Protestants escaping persecution and prosecution of European states. In new land they found themselves as Israeli slaves rid of Pharaoh’s oppression and named America the “promised land” and themselves as pilgrims coming to wilderness to settle and to tame its settlers, the Indians, so the war with European Empires as France, Britain, Spain and nation like Indians would be a new millennial mission to build new Jerusalem.[2]
Bush, by photographer, reminds Jesus to spectator, Jesus in%