....a step backwards..

Okay so I have never been politically savvy...nor do I usually get involed in many political issues let alone comment on them...I mean I know most of the major issues. I like watching the news and am somewhat informed in what's going on in the world politically. I like to be an informed voter... I think it's ignorant and irresponsible to vote without at least studying up on all sides of any issue....but I definitely do not consider myself "politically involved" or even very knowledgeable when it comes to politics.

All that being said ...ARIZONA WHAT THE HELL!!!???

Okay so I'm not going to pretend to know how much Arizona spends on their border and illegal immigration problems..or how much their crime rate is due to illegal immigrants. I am sure it's significant and one of their most pressing issues in their state. That is evident by their rashness in signing into law a piece of legislation that definitely got the attention of everyone in the nation including President Obama (which is partly what I think she was trying to do), but also could put at risk the rights of anyone of color who decides to pass through their state.

"Arizona immigration law sb1070 will make it a state crime not to carry proof of legal immigration status and will require Arizona's state and local police to ask about a person's immigration status if there is "reasonable suspicion" that he or she is in the country illegally."

So who decides who is "reasonably suspicious"? Who trains these law enforcement personnel on how to weed out possible illegal immigrants? What is the criteria? How can you ensure that people will not be racially profiled,harrassed and/or discriminated against...and who do they inform when they are harrassed and discriminated against? The police?

I understand that Governor Brewer felt she was backed into a corner, with growing problems, outrageous crime rates and thousands of state dollars spent on their illegal immigration issues with no real help from the federal government. It's understandably a major issue that has plagued Arizona for some time now. I totally agree that something had to be done. So what else was she to do?

My answer: ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS!!!

Are you telling me with how far we've come and how much more informed and educated we are....with all that has happened in our countries past that they couldn't think of another way? Was there really nothing else they could think of? Was there no other solution to their problems?

This law is not progressive or cutting edge...what it does do unfortunately is make us take a step back about 50 years.



I'm not sure how this is all going to play out...all I gotta say to Governor Brewer is...Do you realize the ramifications of what you have just done?

Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr:

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. ~Martin Luther King Jr

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.