July 12, 2005
The Shooter Was An Illegal Alien, OK?
Just Say It!
By Bryanna Bevens
I stopped referring to
Mexicans as "Hispanic" a long time ago.
Why? If you are from
Mexico, you are Mexican—I don’t even know what
Hispanic is supposed to mean. [Well, at least not
the way newly-elected LA Mayor
Villar-rrrrrrraigosa seems to apply it…]
Hispania, from what I gather, is a part of the
former
Roman Empire, so it seems a bit unlikely that
all Spanish speaking people in the U.S. are
"Hispanic."
According to the U.S. Census Bureau
there are more Hispanics [40+ million] living in the
U.S. than the
entire country of Spain so call me a
skeptic if you must.
Besides, what is so bad about the
label "Mexican" that it needs polishing??
And don’t get me started on the
"Latino"
alternative. Talk about an indistinct ethnicity!
Sort of like people who have never even seen the African
wing of their local museum let alone the continent yet
they are considered "African."
If one is from Peru, one is
Peruvian not Latino. If one is from Cleveland, one
is American not African.
[Is it sacrilege to suggest I might
be channeling the spirit of
Sam Francis?]
What I am getting at is this: Can’t
we just call a spade a spade? Can’t we for once shelve
the PC window-dressing and tag people for what they
really are?
For example:
[VDARE.COM note:
A high
proportion of our readers are either Right-To-Life or
Irish nationalists. All complaints should be
addressed to Miss Bevens
directly].
Earlier this week an
Amber Alert was issued for two missing children in
Arizona.
According to AP [Two
children missing from Arizona home Grandparents, uncle
found dead at site southeast of Phoenix,
7/11/05]
"Eighteen-month-old Bryan
Cervantes and his 3-year-old sister, Jennifer, were
believed to be with their father, Rodrigo Cervantes
Zavala, who may have been
headed for Mexico, officials with the Maricopa
County Sheriff’s Office said."
AZCentral.com
describes Cervantes as an "undocumented
construction worker." [June 11, 2005]
And just to add insult to injury,
if Cervantes makes it across the border all hope for
justice is lost.
Mexico will not extradite him back to Arizona to
face charges if the death penalty is sought.
If we do not seek the
death penalty for triple homicide and kidnapping on
a man with a history of violent crimes, on
whom can we reasonably seek it?
Umm, see
"religious fundamentalists" comment
above because—no he isn’t!!
When I last checked, there were 182
related news stories on this topic. While most were the
reproduction of a single AP article, none of them
described Cervantes with any accuracy.
- He’s an illegal alien from
Mexico.
- He is currently on probation
in Arizona for prior burglary and weapons possession
charges.
But he was consistently described
as an "undocumented construction worker."
Here’s another example from
yesterday’s Los Angeles Times:
Killing of Toddler Hostage in Shoot-Out Probed
by Alicia Wittmeyer and Richard Winton 7-11-05].
This is a story about a 34 year-old
man named Jose Raul Pena who fired 50 rounds from a
9 mm pistol at police officers while holding his 19
month-old daughter in front of him as a human shield.
Both father and daughter were
killed in this tragedy and an LAPD officer was shot and
taken to a local hospital.
The LA Times article
focuses, of course, on whether law enforcement used an
appropriate amount of force during the stand-off.
However, in nearly 1200 words,
Wittmayer and Winston neglected to mention that Pena was
an illegal alien. [Ask their
ombudsman, and
Michael Kinsley, why
not.]
(I learned it from Fox News’s
Bill O’Reilly during his Talking Points on Monday
night.)
Of course, Pena’s status does not
make the death of a little girl any more or less
terrible—but that doesn’t mean it is irrelevant.
Why were these facts overlooked?
My guess:
BECAUSE THE MSM IS NOT WILLING TO
PUBLISH THE TRUTH ABOUT ILLEGAL ALIENS!!
(While we’re on the subject, were
we ever
permitted to learn the legal status of Manuel
Alvarez, the Glendale train derailer?)
[VDARE.COM NOTE: One
reporter says
that he's a US citizen, like, say
Michael Corleone was in the
movie.]
Yes, there are a certain number of
illegal aliens who migrate to the U.S.
in search of work. But a
significant number of them are just
good old-fashioned criminals.
(I could get technical here and
describe
all illegal immigrants as criminals—based solely on
their
not-exactly-lawful
mode of entry. But I feel like throwing the
Raza folks a bone tonight. Hey, I’m a giver.)
I remember reading a quote from a
pro-immigration writer who said that
just because a politician showed up at
mariachi festivals "to munch tacos and say 'buenos
días,'" it didn't mean he understood the Hispanic
community.
Well, just because an illegal alien
is
employed doesn’t mean he isn’t a criminal.
The MSM might want to look into it.
Bryanna Bevens [email
her] is a political consultant and former chief of staff
for a member of the California State Assembly.
