Commentary on Colleague's blog. Zombies and Illegal Immigrants.

http://socratesbuildingblocks.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-walking-dead.html#comment-form

-Joshua McCoy

While I recognize that the editorial is meant to be humorous I do agree with you when you stated, “I couldn’t help but to speak out against such blatant racism portrayed on a major network (CNN) in such a subliminal form on so many levels.” I don’t think that his comments about “zombies” are acceptable on any level, or in form of commentary.

I’m also happy to see that you understand the actual impact that immigrants have on our economy, and society. Many people like to make assumptions about illegal immigrants because they’re not properly educated by our media about their true status in the U.S. It’s sad to think that someone as educated as Dean Obeidallah, could as ignorant as the general public.

I would like to comment on something else you mentioned, “Well if immigrants are subjected into paying for social security along with federal and state taxes, not to mention they can never claim any of this money back because they are illegal, they reduce the tax pressure put on native born Americans.” The sad fact about this statement, is that it’s true. I would like to relate this to the fact that students in our public education system who are illegal immigrants may not receive federal money to go to college. Many people complain that immigrants do not contribute to society because they are uneducated and can’t speak English. Well, I beg to differ. The “anchor zombies” that Obeidallah mentioned who create other zombies are children who were not born but raised in the U.S and since they attended and received the same education as our natural born American children, one could argue that they have the capabilities to contribute to society as much as our children. But if after high school they cannot continue their education even though they’re fully capable, and maybe in some cases even more capable than our children, how do we begin to even allow our country to reap the full benefits of our education system. There was a girl who I went high school with, she was raised in the US but born in Mexico. Despite this, she was one of the smartest girls in class and worked harder than anyone I knew. Senior year she was admitted to the engineering school at UT, and even interviewed for admission at Yale. The sad part is is that even if she did get into Yale, should wouldn’t be able to get the same financial benefits as her counterparts whom she worked harder than. Obeidallah mentioned that he considers “zombies” to be un- American, but I don’t know of any more un- American than the situation that girl was placed in.