Do you think America would be better without Hispanics or Blacks?
353021
You would think a lot of Americans think that way with the responses on these pages. The African American and Latino population alone could sway the vote in America. The question is which way are they going to turn after all of the abuse.
259742
I could go on for hours but, until most people are educated in history, politics, respect and self worth. That goes for black, and any other race in this country. It's not so much that blacks should be upset with whites because our ancestors  bought them from their own people and now some want everything handed to them along with other financial reparations. It's that, if you look at factual history, all of us (every race) were slaves at one time to some great empire. Blacks were just the last! I do not think it is fair  that Americans should live in a fantasy world and show over 50% blacks in advertising campaigns, music, TV programing when they only make up for 16% of the US population of which that number actually about 11% due to incarceration.
665573
Life would go on... I don't think America is going to fall apart without any one minority (not that I have anything against Hispanics, or minorities in general)... I suspect this is in response to 'what would happen if illegal immigrants get mad and leave the USA.  This seems to be the line the media is running with these days, but the mass protests on May 1st didn't affect the economy in any substantial manner (the 10cent hike in gas prices has done far more than they could hope to do), heck it even made my day better, since a segment of the population wasted their time making fools of themselves protesting in the streets instead of impeding traffic on the interstate...
308128
If most of the world looks at American with such disdain why do they keep coming here?  Why aren't there any hispanic countries with a decent standard of living?  Is there something about the English language that just makes people sucessful?  Why can't we have a nice country without all these foreigners coming here changing everything?  I don't think white Americans hate hispanics, we just like living in a country where we speak English.
565437
You know you are right i think it was a horrible thing that those Hispanics did. I'm Hispanic too but i think that there are just some things you can not mess with and the national anthem is one of those. They come here for work and a better life for their kids.
526226
I agree. We, as people, waste so much time stereotyping, judging, and even hating other for their heritage. Just think if we, as a society, embraced one anothers cultures and found commonalities what we could do. We'd have so much more fun! We'd solve more important problems in the world if most of us weren't focused so much on race and ethnicity. We fix our political policies such that everyone we be treated fairly. In short, Racism definitely hinders our progress as a society.
393301
I agree. I guess we should ALL LEARN SPANISH and forget American History.  Who needs English, we should BEND OVER BACKWARDS FOR LATINO IMMIGRANTS, and IGNORE THE ASIAN IMMIGRANTS WHO BUST THEIR HUMP TRYING TO LEARN ENGLISH. WE SHOULD IGNORE THE HAITIANS WHO COME TO AMERICA AND HAVE TO BUST THEIR HUMP TRYING TO LEARN ENGLISH. WE SHOULD IGNORE THE AFRICAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS WHO COME TO AMERICA AND LEARN THE LANGUAGE. WHY ARE SOME AMERICANS SO STUPID? WHY DO SOME AMERICANS GET OFFENDED WHEN YOU TELL THEM THAT HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH. WHY SHOULD WE BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO HAVE THINGS IN SPANISH IF WE DON'T ACCOMODATE OTHER IMMIGRANTS THAT HAVE COME IN THE PAST AND ARE CURRENTLY COMING FROM OTHER PLACES LEGALLY. TO ME THAT IS VERY, VERY RACIST. WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT SPANISH? OUR FOUNDING FATHERS SPOKE ENGLISH, OUR CONSTITUTION IS IN ENGLISH, OUR STATE LEGISLATURES AND CONGRESS IS HELD IN ENGLISH, THE PRESIDENT GIVES HIS SPEECHES IN ENGLISH,ETC. IF YOU COME TO AMERICA, LEARN ENGLISH. This directed at TishaTiger,lynda_vosbein,PANCHA,kid_rigo92, and wongmoxy. As for those that said that we should learn a native tongue is missing the point. Why don't the Mexican government speak Nauhautl(the Aztec language)? Why don't Spanish-speaking countries learn the native language of the indigeous people? Because the Spaniards and Spanish-speaking governments see these languages as being INFERIOR to Spanish AND BECAUSE SPANISH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THESE COUNTRIES.IF YOU EXPECT TO IMMIGRATE TO A SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY LIKE ARGENTINA OR CHILE, IMMIGRANTS ARE EXPECTED TO SPEAK SPANISH. THAT IS FOR ALL OF THE GERMANS, ITALIAN, FRENCH AND EVEN IRISH IMMIGRANTS TO THOSE COUNTRIES. SPANISH COUNTRIES DO NOT HAVE FORMS IN ITALIAN FOR THE ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS, FRENCH FOR THE FRENCH IMMIGRANTS, GERMAN FOR THE GERMAN IMMIGRANTS, OR EVEN GAELIC FOR THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT IF THEY WANT TO IMMIGRATE TO THESE SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES, THAT THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, SPANISH. WHY SHOULD THE UNITED STATES HOLD OURSELVES TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD THAT SOME OF THESE SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES HOLD THEIR IMMIGRANTS TO?AGAIN, I think that's racist. \n  I know I am rambling on, but the point is if you come to America, learn English, don't expect us to learn your language if the SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES WON'T DO IT FOR THE NATIVES OR FOR THEIR IMMIGRANTS. It is expected that if you want to immigrate that you should learn the language. The US should be no exception to that rule.\n\n I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.
917136
I have alot of hispanic friends.Than whites or black. Im not racist or anything like that.I just get along with hispanic ppl better well because Im Mexican.I think whites and Blacks are a little concited.In my school I think Hispanics are easy to get along with you know.
257664
Illegal immigrants, No, because it has a negative impact on many things. \n\nTo name a few: welfare system, court system (tying up the court systems with things such as drinking and driving. I watch the news on a daily basis and suprise it's not the white or even black people killing others in d&D accidents but the illegal mexicans), economy (they make money here but send it back to where-ever their family is), and jobs (why would an employer want to hire someone thats here "legally" when they can hire an illegal immigrant that will work under the table for minimum wage?).
707609
maybe not Mexicans, but yea Hispanic in general or mixed raced people.
258815
Well it sounds great with 1907 standards, one nation one language this all good; as long as it does not keep going into one religion, one leader, one race, just like it did in Germany under Hitler just a few decades after Teddy said these things. I have no doubt, if he was alive today he would tweak his idea and rhetoric according to what happened in the last 100 years. I am not Hispanic but I know that Spanish was spoken in parts of US way before English was adopted as an official language (just a few votes ahead of German and Dutch by the way), are you going to kick them out because they have been speaking Spanish since before the US was founded?
606314
You have it right So_Fine, the Black vote is gone along with the Latino and most all of the other immigrants votes. White America is mostly Democrat anyway. So there isn't going to be any problem.
691013
Absolutely. Look at the segregation of class, first of all, then break it down again. I firmly believe that the people in power gain a lot by keeping segregation viable. When you have first class distinctions, then the poorer people feel bad about themselves, what they can or better yet can not provide for their families. Next they can not afford decent health care or schooling. This further segregates the people. Next you have race segregation in different neighborhoods. Not much has really changed in this area at all. a black family while having legal rights, will still be set apart from their white or Hispanic neighbors. The same holds true for a white family in a Barrio or predominately Black neighborhood. This keeps people from building each other up. When we are all kept down and separate, we don't have the strength or the resources to fight the power of the oppressors.
641785
I think the walk outs were a justification for everyone who is sick and tired of the White Man controling everthing.... lol  Just playing.  Im in germany right now but if i was in San Jose California, I would most definetly walk with my friends, because in the end, a color is just that, a color.  I see these people are people who could really make America what its supposed to be. A GREAT MELTING POT. Just think If America after the Revolutionary War barred immigrants from entering.  The great build up would of never occured. The word freedom would of never existed, and by golly ;-) I wouldnt be here today. I have the great pleasure of being mixed with black, White and 2 types of American indian.  if anything, i have more of a say so than any white person! I think we should use Europe as an example as a long term goal. Open Borders! By the way, What nationaility are you Kittee???
1155274
Hi!! no creo que alguien pueda entender esta respuesta pero creeme que estoy arto de vivir aqui y me largare lo mas pronto posible!!\nRedneck land is not a very good place to live on, the only thing they do is brainless stupidity, they get on the fields (that most of the times are private property) and tear them up. then they drink and drive, they smoke their most loved drug, then they hate on others, they still live in 1950, and don't realize the thruth that hispanics are the second largest minority and I do know that within five years, they will become the majority, and perhaps within 20 years, spainsh will have to be their official languaje, I hate to say it but Americans are in danger of extintion.\n\nmy e-mail is   heron_fordx4@yahoo.com\n\nyou can e amil me and we can talk about some issues I have at school and my plan to fixe them is going to be fun, Im the only hispanic student in that school, and hopefully my plan will work, I will make every single one student make a fool out of their self by something nice and fun!!!
277586
I am not latino, but I know quite a few people in the hispanic community and they are discriminated against.  It would be nice if everyone would wake up one morning and view each person they see as a human being with feelings, instead of seeing the color of their skin and basing their negative opinions on that.
389802
NO. MEXICANS WOULD FORCE US TO LEARN SPANISH AND LEARN MEXICAN HISTORY, WORST YET, THEY WOULD HAVE ALL OF US DEPORTED, FASTER THAN WE CAN SAY "I AM ONLY HERE FOR A BETTER LIFE."