Speech #1090144220

Police say ethnic slurs were used in each case. We must condemn these kind of acts and work to promote a unified America. Even the President has warned us of the dangerous rhetoric being used in discussions on immigration. During his speech last month he noted. "America needs to conduct this debate on immigration in a reasonable and respective tone. We cannot build a unified country by inciting people to anger or playing on anyones fear or exploiting the Issue of immigration for political gains." And I state. exploiting It for political gains. The white supremists are employing sophisticated techniques to spread their message over the Internet including blogs. chat rooms. and racist and violent video games. And as you can see by the poster out here. Border Patrol. I recently heard about a racist game distributed freely on the Internet called the "Border Patrol" that encourages players to shoot at immigrants as they cross the United States. as you can see right here. These games first surfaced in the year 2002. but have come up once again and aimed at immigration debate. The Border Patrol games. In the game the Border Patrol. Mexican Americans are incarcerated and presented with disgusting and harmful stereotypes. The game does not present them as hardworking individuals who come to this country. like any other who has come to this country before. to build better opportunity. This country is built on immigrants. and many individuals come here for that reason. not for the reason displayed in this Border Patrol display that we have out here. People have come to contribute to our country and will continue to come to contribute to this country because they believe in America and its principles and what it stands for. Instead. you can see from the poster that Mexican American immigrants are labeled as bandoleerwearing Mexican nationalists. tattootouting drug smugglers. and pregnant breeders who must be kept out at any cost. In the second poster. as you can see out here. Border Patrol 2. as you can see by the second poster the object of the Internet game Border Patrol is to shoot Mexican immigrants as they try to cross the borders into the United States. Here. again. we are talking about hate crimes. attitudes and behavior by individuals. Here. a family is being targeted as they rush past a sign that reads. "Welcome to the United States." The sign contains the American flag in which the stars representing 50 states have been replaced with a Jewish Star of David. and a small sign that appears below that says. "Welfare Office" with an arrow.