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Published Brownsville Herald June 21, 2010

I am frequently confused at how the players in our political society want to define us and our wants and needs in terms of what we look like or how we think.
We describe ourselves a certain way only to find that we have many similarities and when others do it, it becomes racism. Some even have the idea that if one gets an education, is creative and works hard he can succeed, it is a bad thing.
It even seems that the current goal of government is that everyone is the same; no one is different and should not be treated differently. Still we like to think of ourselves as individuals, Irish American, African American, Filipino American, Mexican American, Hispanic American, etc. I think of myself as an American and then as having Irish descent. However the brand of Celts I came from originated from Portugal and North West Spain. Does that make me of Hispanic origin. How about the Mexicans near Monterrey of Italian descent, what kind of hyphen do we use?
The law recently passed I Arizona, in frustration that the Federal government seems to have failed miserably in protecting the borders there. It is sad aspecially when it is a genuine Constitutional responsibility that should take priority over other functions where there are genuine arguments. More »