To: JohnnyZ
Why don't we hear what a real American has to say : >>>>
Gee, you seemed to have over-looked what THESE Americans & MEX. Americans had to say about Huntington Park, CA
while Ms. Marin was the mayor.......
from the same article.......
"I don't see anything positive," said Louise Zeltner, 79, who settled in
Huntington Park with her husband 34 years ago. They are the last white
couple on their block. A frail woman, Ms. Zeltner said she rarely ventures
outside because she is terrified of gangs.
"I have no friends anymore," she added, as she sagged into her living room
recliner. "I have no one to talk to. Everybody's Spanish."
Ms. Zeltner's next-door neighbors, Angel and Dolores Medina, are
Mexican-American old-timers who harbor resentments of their own. They say
Huntington Park was a nicer town when they emigrated here from Guadalajara,
Mexico, in the 1950s. They blame the decline on the current wave of
undocumented immigrants.
"I don't go out at night anymore," said Mr. Medina, 74, a retired
meatpacker. "It's too dangerous. My wife and I got mugged."
27 posted on
05/22/2003 1:17:51 PM PDT by
txdoda
("Navy-brat")
To: txdoda
They blame the decline on the current wave of undocumented immigrants. I didn't quote them but I referenced that point to the xenophobe above.
The 79-year-old woman was very typical; I didn't want to poke fun, but she would not feel safe around unruly kindergardeners or Mel Martinez either. That's no different from a Pole living in Little Italy; of course they'll feel out of place!
29 posted on
05/22/2003 1:34:43 PM PDT by
JohnnyZ
(That's my theory and I'm sticking to it! At least for the present . . .)
To: txdoda
She has done more for American than you have. I don't understand how you can hate someone because of their skin color.
30 posted on
05/22/2003 2:43:28 PM PDT by
ACAC
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