Guest Column
Discrimmigration
- Discrimmigration
- By Bill Dahl
- The first question I hear asked,
- Is, “Where do we begin?”
- Discussing U.S. immigration reform,
- We avoid the color of one’s skin.
- Review the history of this country,
- Slavery is only one example.
- The parallels with today’s undocumented workers,
- The evidence is more than ample.
- We continue to spew the same old…
- “They just need to trust us.
- It simply a matter of time…
- We’ll deliver the appropriate justice.”
- U.S. industries thirst for cheap labor,
- All across this nation.
- “We’re just trying to survive!
- That’s not economic exploitation!”
- Laborers without papers,
- U.S. employers provide the wink.
- Paid less than minimum wage,
- It’s a reality we must rethink.
- Greedy demand outstrips supply,
- The undocumented workers stand in line.
- U.S. employers pick from the crop.
- Families die on the vine.
- Young adults brought here as infants,
- On graduation day we call their name.
- Prepared to make a citizens contribution,
- We say, “You’re undocumented. That’s a shame.”
- The names that we call them:
- “Illegals, terrorists, and a blight on this nation.”
- Used for our economic advantage,
- Double-speak to legitimize the situation.
- Forced to live in the shadows,
- Hidden in this nation’s closet.
- U.S. banks are delighted,
- “Sure, we’ll take your deposit!”
- When I see the faces,
- There’s something that’s not right.
- They have one thing in common,
- The vast majority are not white.
- Let’s conclude this outrage.
- The end we must begin.
- Let’s confess America,
- It’s the color of their skin.
- Now’s the time for healing,
- It’s a process to become whole.
- There’s a cancer in this nation,
- Deep within our soul.
- It’s time to admit our failures,
- We’re the one’s to blame.
- Racial discrimination is alive and well.
- Discrimmigration is it’s new name.
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- Bill Dahl, is a freelance writer and social justice advocate. Bill is published in numerous professional publications, magazines, websites, journals, newspapers and newsletters. Bill and his family make their home in central Oregon.
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