Date: 2010-05-01 02:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tygenco-x.livejournal.com
And I just love (as in despise) the fact that the friend I know who live in Texas now refuse to visit me because of this whole mess. ><

There's at least one guy at work who I have wanted to hit with a bat; when one girl commented to me that I probably get much darker when I tan, and I replied that yes I can but it'll take me all summer and beyond, she very quietly said that I shouldn't so I won't be mistaken for "being illeagal" and then the guy looks at me and says "but you don't sound illegal" and couldn't understand why me and said female coworker were frowning at him.

Date: 2010-05-01 03:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roseneko.livejournal.com
But we're totally not turning Arizona into a police state, no way! We just want to keep our rich white citizens safe! Nobody cares if a few poor brown people get rounded up unconstitutionally in the interim...

Isn't there a bumper sticker about this? Something about essential liberties and temporary safeties? Perhaps that should be "illusion of safety"...

Date: 2010-05-02 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jamesd.livejournal.com
I have a feeling that staying in Alaska would just be avoiding the problem by being in a place where there's less strife because of greater unity of culture. The Mexican border is some way away.

The English pronunciation in English as a foreign language course types makes some sense, except for the important fact that there's an agenda behind it that isn't simply learning standard English pronunciation. Not that many people in the US teach proper English pronunciation anyway. :)

Date: 2010-05-03 12:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roseneko.livejournal.com
Yeah, and it's not like Alaska doesn't have its own problems *coughSarahPalincough*. It's just a tad frustrating - part of the reason we wanted to move was to get to a more liberal area, but the best opportunity that came along was smack in the middle of conservative country. Oh well. We'll get there eventually. :)

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