Race, Conservatives, and Arizona

¡Hola! Everybody...
As my friend Will commented regarding the Arizona Nazi Immigration Law, “It’s time to quit with the nuance -- I don’t give a rat’s ass about how many political-angels can dance on the head of a pin. Wrong is wrong. This is wrong. Either fight it, or become part of the larger problem of racism in America.” I couldn’t say it better myself.

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From Wallace to Newt to Arizona

Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock somewhere, by now you probably know Arizona governor, Jan Brewer, recently enacted an immigration law written by a known white supremacist sympathizer with financial support from anti-immigrant organizations and think tanks such as the Pioneer Foundation -- a “think tank” supporting the modern eugenics movement dedicated to proving the superiority of the white race. The law essentially criminalizes being brown, giving law enforcement officers the right to ask for “your papers” if they have “reasonable suspicion” that you’re an illegal immigrant. In any other country, this is called apartheid. Unless you’re in deep denial or a total racist, we all know who will be most impacted by this law.

Meanwhile, in Disney Land... Jan Brewer really stepped in it (H/T FireDogLake):

A spreading call for an economic boycott of Arizona after its adoption of a tough immigration law that opponents consider racially discriminatory worried business leaders on Monday and angered the governor.

Several immigrant advocates and civil rights groups, joined by members of the San Francisco government, said the state should pay economic consequences for the new law, which gives the police broad power to detain people they reasonably suspect are illegal immigrants and arrest them on state charges if they do not have legal status.

Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, signed the bill on Friday, calling it an important step toward public safety that would help control immigration and give the police a tool to root out criminals.

She criticized opponents for not offering more solutions to problems related to illegal immigration and called the idea of a boycott “disappointing and unfortunate” at a time when the state is reeling from the recession and suffering from border-related crime that “continues to harm our economy and stifle trade.”

Translation? At a time of recession, how dare people not financially support our racist xenophobic laws!

If you think I am overreaching by likening Law SB 1070 to apartheid or “Nazism,” think again. Here’s Rachel Maddow digging into the political and racial motivation of this law:

For more in-depth reporting on the connection between white supremacy groups and the Arizona immigration law click here .

Please consider boycotting Arizona and joining a growing number of Americans from across the land who oppose Arizona’s racist immigration law. Click here to go to a list of Arizona-based corporations.

-- Eddie