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Originally Posted by Dr Longhair
Gladly. First a term for the Spanish's reconquest of Moorish Iberia, the term resurfaced in the 1970's when Chicano Nationalists wanted the lands of the Southwest back for Mexico. (Considering the way it was taken, they sort of have a point) Currently used by the Mexica movement (A small organization based in Los Angeles with a small membership and no affiliation to any other group) as a term describing the assimilation of all the countries of North and Central America into one super-country named Anahuac. Overall, about as ridiculous as saying that the US should put 100,000 troops on the US/Mexico border, but with a little historical backing, as the land does historically belong to indigenous peoples, but we won't get into that argument. Pointing out the lunacy of a radical group does not say anything about the ethnicity that the members of that group belong to or purport to represent, just as you wouldn't want statements from the KKK being applied to all white people.
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My comment about the troops is appropriate since an invasion is taking place and is 'Mexica Movement' alone in this advocacy of 'reconquista?' Are there other groups that advocate such a thing?
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Me and the Hispanics were just talking about how paranoid you are.
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So now you resort to unprovoked insults? Is your position so weak that you have to resort to personal attacks to survive a debate?
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I stated earlier that cheap labor is necessary in a capitalist system, especially in one where major corporations like Wal-Mart force companies to slash prices and pay their workers below living wages. Who is going to work those jobs other than immigrants? White people? Because I don't see white people rushing out to the tomato fields to pick.
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Why would any "White person" work for a fraction of minimum wage when they have legal status to work?
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Anyway, I don't want there to be anger between us. Your opinion is your opinion and it is just as valid as my own. That being said, thank you for the discourse and I hope you have a wonderful day. Peace, love and cookies.
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You seem to be very angry already; accusing me of paranoia is hardly a gesture of goodwill.
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I skimmed it, and it seems like just another essay full of ethnocentric hate. Assimilation does not happen instantly, it happens over generations. Most of the things that that article blames on Hispanics are problems of socio-economic status, not race
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Ahhh so you did not read it but decided that it was
'hate?' 
Obviously you did not read it because it addresses the issue of generational progression of such 'Hispanic' migrants. Interesting though huh? It has nothing to do with 'race' even though the divides are along racial lines? Interesting...
Tell me what makes it "hate?" Were there calls for genocide. racial slurs or rude stereotypes being promoted in the article?