Roxham Road is a little used road that parallels I-87 in upstate New York. Recently it has been getting more traffic. Refugees are getting off at the end of Roxham Road and illegally crossing the border into Canada to ask for asylum.
Most of the asylum seekers are Muslims.
Did you ever think that you would see the day when people would be crossing the border into Canada to ask for asylum? We were once the country that took in people. Puritans seeking religious freedom. Irish fleeing the potato famine. Germans fleeing repression after the rebellions of 1848. Russians fleeing the Communist takeover. Jews fleeing pogroms. Hungarians fleeing the repression after 1956. Cubans fleeing the Communist regime in Cuba. Vietnamese boat people.
Now the U.S. has became the country from which people flee. This probably delights Trump voters. If it doesn’t, and you are appalled by this, now is the time to speak up. Now.
Amazing ow things have changed. Trump has surfaced the worse in people. The other night I heard a couple guys say "They don't belong here". Sorry to say they are relatives of mine. Over the years I have sometimes heard the N word used, and Spicks. But, now they are becoming more vocal and in the open more since Trump.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, anyone who says "they don't belong here" is a person who doesn't belong here. In any case, you are right. Trump has made prejudice and xenophobia acceptable.
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