oh my god!!!!!!!!
Yeah it's weird and wrong in a thousand ways, it just happens not to be racist.The quote about Mexico is odd in that it asserts the Mexican government (“They” presumably) is sending refugees and emigres, which I assume is a way of catering to people’s need to ascribe agency to the casual end of a given phenomenon, when really things are hardly so clean.
this happens at the start of scarfaceThe quote about Mexico is odd in that it asserts the Mexican government (“They” presumably) is sending refugees and emigres, which I assume is a way of catering to people’s need to ascribe agency to the casual end of a given phenomenon, when really things are hardly so clean.
amazing filmthis happens at the start of scarface
Version's obsessed with me or somethin
Yeah I agree we're getting distracted. Let's just consider it resolved—it's unproductive to cast Trump supporters as a monolith, just like any other group (and to recap: prejudice is bad both for the object and bearer of that prejudice)But really this seems like a non-point. What useful conclusions are we deriving from this analysis? Surely liberal news sources may feel motivated highlight this speech excerpt to support the (effective) political claim that Trump is racist, and I would, myself, claim that that of statements breeds xenophobia, without being racist per se, but that is largely a semantic distinction.
You're the one who brought up the "Mexican race" and now you're trying to bash me with it?Actually, seriously, if you see "illegal immigrants from a COUNTRY are disproportionately their CRIMINALS compared to that country's GENERAL population" as an indictment of a RACE in general (what race?? "Mexicans"?? lmfao), you should get the noggin checked. It's a pretty big linguistic problem you're up against. A base level of self-distrust is probably well-advised.
No it's FUCKING NOT obviously intended.But whatever. His statement, even if filtered through your most-generous-possible interpretation, is still incorrect. As well as obviously intended to stir up anti-Mexican sentiment.
I don't think we're ready for this level of meme-ception.