"Then why didn't you stay in Mexico?": Latino dad interrupted at meeting about racism

[SummerMadness]

"Then why didn't you stay in Mexico?": A Latino dad was interrupted by a white man at meeting about racism in schools

Adrian Iraola and his family are all too familiar with the ugly sentiments that have come their way since he immigrated to the United States four decades ago.

On Monday, he was telling a crowd of parents in Saline, Mich., about the harm these kinds of remarks had inflicted on his son yet again — how classmates' taunts of "taco," "enchilada" and "dirty Mexican" had left the high schooler in tears.

"I went to his bedroom to say good night," Iraola said, turning to an audience that had been discussing diversity and inclusion in schools. "He was crying because of the abuse that he was enduring in this school system."

Suddenly, the man behind him interjected.

"Then why didn't you stay in Mexico?" he asked.

Keeping it classy. This is what bigotry looks like.

 

[hislegacy]

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[SummerMadness]

I can’t tell you how horrible that is. While not Mexico specifically I heard such sentiment over and over during my college days.

seems the liberal elites thought it servitude to work on spring, summer and Christmas breaks instead of going someplace and drinking myself blind like they did.

Thank God for working class students who stuck as friends.

Bigotry has no place anywhere

Yeah, the racist conservatives in college were always partying and ranting about people of color when I was in school. When you pair that with their ant-gay rhetoric, the bigotry was headache inducing.

 

[public hermit]

It seems y'all went to different schools together.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Guaranteed student loans opened the door for massive immigration of foreign workers.

 

[Chesterton]

"dirty Mexican". Hmm, reminds me of Joe Biden's comments about Obama: finally we have a clean African-American.

No but seriously, no child should ever be subjected to...oh wait, he's a high-schooler?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

"Then why didn't you stay in Mexico?": A Latino dad was interrupted by a white man at meeting about racism in schools


Keeping it classy. This is what bigotry looks like.

It may be simple bullying. Bullies belittle white kids as well, but of course don't use race to do it. They do however often attack the physical appearance of their victims. They also attack those who show weakness or lack of self-esteem.

 

[SummerMadness]

It may be simple bullying. Bullies belittle white kids as well, but of course don't use race to do it. They do however often attack the physical appearance of their victims. They also attack those who show weakness or lack of self-esteem.

Well it's not simple bullying, the students are being singled out and attack because of their race or ethnicity. Moreover, much like other incidents of racism, the entire community is targeted as opposed to an individual. These forms of bias intimidation do not only affect the individual who is attacked or bullied.

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

It may be simple bullying. Bullies belittle white kids as well, but of course don't use race to do it.

Actually, they often do - bullies aren't always white.

 

[Aldebaran]

Well it's not simple bullying, the students are being singled out and attack because of their race or ethnicity. Moreover, much like other incidents of racism, the entire community is targeted as opposed to an individual. These forms of bias intimidation do not only affect the individual who is attacked or bullied.

Kids are singled out over plenty of things besides their race. If they're short, or ugly, or socially awkward, or even too good of a student, or because they come from a rich/poor home, or have red hair, or have a strange-sounding name, or have bad teeth, or don't smoke or won't do drugs if that's what the bullies are doing, or have a disability, or wear glasses, or.....well, you get the idea.
Trust me, I'm white and was bullied all through my school days. I even became suicidal over it near the end and was taken out of school. But I didn't have the advantage of using skin color as a way of labeling my tormentors.

 

[Rescued One]

Guaranteed student loans opened the door for massive immigration of foreign workers.

My ancestors were foreigners! Many of them lived in the colonies of New England.

 

[hislegacy]

Yeah, the racist conservatives in college were always partying and ranting about people of color when I was in school. When you pair that with their ant-gay rhetoric, the bigotry was headache inducing.

interesting, my experience was the exact office, it was the liberals mocking me.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Actually, they often do - bullies aren't always white.

I meant white bullies.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

My ancestors were foreigners! Many of them lived in the colonies of New England.

I don't think the English were actually considered foreigners seeing as how they were the ones who first invaded America. In fact I'm guessing many later English immigrants had relatives here.

Guaranteed student loans are a rather recent development.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Kids are singled out over plenty of things besides their race. If they're short, or ugly, or socially awkward, or even too good of a student, or because they come from a rich/poor home, or have red hair, or have a strange-sounding name, or have bad teeth, or don't smoke or won't do drugs if that's what the bullies are doing, or have a disability, or wear glasses, or.....well, you get the idea.
Trust me, I'm white and was bullied all through my school days. I even became suicidal over it near the end and was taken out of school. But I didn't have the advantage of using skin color as a way of labeling my tormentors.

Very few minorities in my high school, but none were bullied. Most were actually looked up to by the rest of us, for athletic and scholastic achievements. One little guy, a Mexican, was the archtype of one who would attract bullying. However he was a 'manager' of the football, basketball, and baseball teams, as well as active in the school's social events so he was personally acquainted with just about everyone.

 

[Rescued One]

I don't think the English were actually considered foreigners seeing as how they were the ones who first invaded America. In fact I'm guessing many later English immigrants had relatives here.

Guaranteed student loans are a rather recent development.

Living in the colonies of New England didn't make them English as if those people were more virtuous than my German, French and Dutch ancestors.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Living in the colonies of New England didn't make them English as if those people were more virtuous than my German, French and Dutch ancestors.

Early immigrants were descendants of Israel (see British Israelism). Joseph led the way, the others followed, just as in Egypt.

 

[Rescued One]

Early immigrants were descendants of Israel (see British Israelism). Joseph led the way, the others followed, just as in Egypt.

I suspected you were involved in that. That's about as wacko as it gets. The guy that started it was mentally ill. And the churches that teach it are cults; they don't believe in our God!

 

[iluvatar5150]

Early immigrants were descendants of Israel (see British Israelism).

Well, that’s something...

 

[FireDragon76]

I can't believe some people here think it's OK to minimize a statement of racial and ethnic bigotry.