I am along with everyone else this summer for getting poison ivy; although, I think I got a nice case of poison sumac. It formed in a straight line down my arm right before graduation. I tried treating it with caladryl lotion. When that didn\’t work …

I see you have some nice information about skin care. But I thought…

Interesting post. I came across this blog by accident, but it was a good accident. I have now bookmarked your blog for future use. Best wishes. Kristal Marshall….

But calling it a Civil Rights Movement puts it in too narrow a context. A better term would be human rights.

And the real question: What happens in a global economy when labor and capital move faster than bureaucracy?

The only movement these kids learn about in school is the Civil Rights Movement, so does it surprise anybody that some of them they are comparing their own struggle to that one?

People in America have been protesting since the Boston Tea party, but that isn’t taught anymore.

They don’t learn about their own indigenous history on this continent, and they don’t learn about the struggles that previous immigrants have endured. They also don’t learn about economics, or globalism, or US labor history.

So of course some of them are going to place their movement in the very narrow context of the Civil Rights Movement. It’s what the public schools have conditioned them to do.

I’m pretty old and I have only a dim memory of “Anglo Saxon America” but the last time I looked the “Anglo Saxon” elite – if the Bush family and friends, quintessential remnants of “Anglo Saxon America”, are representative – didn’t seem bothered by the fact that large numbers of Latinos – or Asians – were immigrating to the U.S. If you want a hint as to why they’re not cowering at the influx of “other than Anglo Saxons” – aside from reactionary labor market and “values” issues – look at Latino citizens and Asian citizens voting patterns as compared to blacks.

CG also seeks to make many distinctions between “Central Americans” and African Americans. Although I know there are distinctions and do not want to gloss over historical and present day differences, I can’t help but see more holes in CG’s argument.

First, simply saying that since Latin American immigrants were not brought to the US as slaves ignores the fact that Latin America was part of the diaspora.

Second, Mexicans have been prevented from going to school. Segregation impacted Mexican students as seen through Mendez v. Westminster, which ended segregation in California schools.

Third, one could pick up a number of books by Chicano historians to learn about how Mexicans were also the victims of lynchings.

Finally, I’d like to point to photos of a march in Boston in support of immigrants’ rights. There were people from many different countries present and they were waving flags too, but it doesn’t seem like people were complaining.

CG also seeks to make many distinctions between “Central Americans” and African Americans. Although I know there are distinctions and do not want to gloss over historical and present day differences, I can’t help but see more holes in CG’s argument.

First, simply saying that since Latin American immigrants were not brought to the US as slaves ignores the fact that Latin America was part of the diaspora.

Second, Mexicans have been prevented from going to school. Segregation impacted Mexican students as seen through Mendez v. Westminster, which ended segregation in California schools.

Third, one could pick up a number of books by Chicano historians to learn about how Mexicans were also the victims of lynchings.

Finally, I’d like to point to photos of a march in Boston in support of immigrants’ rights. There were people from many different countries present and they were waving flags too, but it doesn’t seem like people were complaining.