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Why does racist white Americans pick on immigrants when they came here illegally themselves and stole this land from native AMERICAN Indians?
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- Anonymous4 years ago
Native American indians makes no sense. They are called native americans, because they are not from India.
As far as stealing the lands from the Native Americans, I strongly disagree with that assessment. The Native Americans thought owning land was a ridiculous notion, because the people who had hunting lands are the people who were strong enough to keep the hunting lands. They would fight each other over hunting lands all of the time. That is exactly what occurred.
Regardless, I find it funny that you call it racist to be against illegal immigration. I find it equally entertaining the you specifically say WHITE people. So you get to specifically talk about an issue while ONLY bringing up and criticizing one race and you think that is not racist??? How so???
Fact is that every country has immigration laws which they try to enforce. Most countries have harsher immigration laws than the US and they more strictly enforce them. No other country has 11 million illegal immigrants. Even by percentage of the population, the US has a large number of illegal immigrants:
http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?re...
SOOO, unless you are saying that every other country in the world is MORE racist than the US, your claim about linking racism to the deterrence of illegal immigration is rather ridiculous.
- 4 years ago
Did you not just read what you typed. You said "Why does racist white Americans pick on immigrants when they came here illegally themselves and stole this land from Native americans?" HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!! You liberals make me laugh so hard. Not even ******* kidding. You guys are hilarious.
Okay, okay. On to a more serious note: The definition of illegal is to do something that is against the law. So, bascially the illegals are coming in here illegally and not following the law. It's just like shopping drugs from India to another country. Say the United States. That's illegal cuz it's not in your country. So, that is why we hate illegals. They break the law. Got it? They're not following the proper requirements to get in America.
- ?Lv 64 years ago
We didn't come here illegally or steal anything. We were welcomed here and bought the land for beads and firewater. Well they ended up having sellers remorse and tried taking the land back, this is the origin of the phrase 'Indian giver', and we fought a war with them and they decided to surrender rather than be exterminated. If this is somehow unsatisfying for you there is new archeological evidence that Whites were the first people to set foot in the Americas. It was back before the last ice age. We were wiped out in a genocidal war that lasted for a few centuries. Fossilized Caucasian skeletal remains place us here a full 30,000 years before the asiatic race of "native American Indians" Whites were actually the first native American people. We just took our time and came back offering to buy the land peacefully and those bastards took our goods in exchange for land then started killing us again. We weren't having it this time and beat them into submission.
- ?Lv 54 years ago
I personally did not come here illegally, for I was born here, and I did not steal any land from anyone. I have some Native American blood. I am not responsible for what some people did long ago. It is ridiculous to try to blame me for someone else's actions. I take full responsibility for my own actions but none for the actions of anyone else, including my relatives. Illegal immigration is a present problem that is not related to the distant past. Look at your calendars. This is 2017, not some time in the past. Face reality and live in the present.
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- 4 years ago
Everybody has their own definition of the version 'picking on one'. Some grew up hating b/c of the environ they lived in. Some embrace change & all that is different b/c of their childhood environment. Also, the times were completely different 100yrs ago. We had different definition of standard & moral code. Nowadays, anything outside of giving someone a lollipop is considered as 'hatred' if we don't feed ppl sensitive crap so it doesn't hurt their feelings. Back then, people fought for territory, same as animals still do today. Humans all have the baser instincts from 'the animal' but the rational mind & what 'society' says is good/bad determines the moral standard. I think we need to stop coddling people so they can learn how to treat others w actual respect!
Thing is, today's standards are incredibly childish & we baby everybody for fear of hurting their little feelings. Grow up! People hate, like, distrust, disrespect. People are the way they are. If someone has issues w how ppl behave then you (or that person) need to set your own standard & live up to that. Going out in the big bad world & expecting everyone to hand you a gold star just for walking down a busy street w/o holding your parents' hand instead of getting used, or, unfortunately worse, is extremely childish & that person has no right to be outside their mommy's house.
- 4 years ago
NOBODY ALIVE TODAY participated in the stealing of any land. So to keep blaming people of today's world for **** that happend centuries ago is well stupid. Why do immigrants come here and then complain Bout and protest about EVERYTHING. If an American lives abroad he is not given a free ride. It's quiet the opposite.
- 4 years ago
Racist people believe that they should wipe every race just like Nazism to make the world a better place. They ignore good things and good people from different ethnic groups ,Such as Donld Trump, since he doesn't want mexicans join with americans. United states was made to unite different races or ethnic groups in the world, not throwing fits over a color and what a bad person do when no one is perfect.
- AlfredLv 74 years ago
1.racism in general- within and outside the United States , has nothing or little to do with mastering historical facts to begin with...
nor with any kind of mercy whatsoever...
2.intolerance and unduly, absurd, bloody hatred against etnic minorities did spread enough havoc throughout Europe NOT 200-300 years ago, but far less than that ...not more than about 80 years ago...
unfortunately this was not the last time bloody hatred and intolerance fueled horrific crimes...
it's about time to learn the so dearly paid lessons of recent history...
3. those who once stole the land from native Americans are here no longer...they died long ago...
Source(s): general culture... - RonnieLv 74 years ago
WHO is picking on what immigrants? are you talking illegal criminal aliens? or? WHY just say"White" people? I personally know many of other races that are upset at the influx of illegal criminal aliens invading our country. This land belongs to God, not people. Besides there were other than Indians here long before they came. AND anyone born in America (or any place else) are by birth native in this/that country.
- Anonymous4 years ago
Native Americans were never Land owners. We are but care takers.
The Plains tribes were Nomadic. Following the game across the west
and north into Canada as the seasons changed. Only the white man
claimed ownership of the land.