Shakira, Cinco de Mayo & SB 1070

It does pain me to write this because I’m going to be critical of one of the most beautiful women in the entertainment industry, Shakira. However to make this easier, I’m going to lump her in with the Principal of Long Oak High School in California, Mr. Miguel Rodriguez, and with the protesters in Arizona and around the United States that opposes SB 1070, the new Arizona law that deals with the enforcement of the laws that deal with illegal aliens in the America.

Shakira recently stated that the recent new immigration enforcement law in Arizona is “not in any constitution”, and is a violation of human rights. I’m sorry, but Shakira is from Columbia. Is Shakira actually equating ANY human rights violations here in the United States to those that happen in her native country?

Miguel Rodriguez, during the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo, ordered five boys at the Long Oak High School to go home because they refused to turn their t-shirts inside out during the holiday. The reason is that the boys t-shirts had American flags on them. The principal did not want to offend any of the American students who are of Mexican decent. He also feared that there would be some violence from the act of these boys for standing up for their own country.

My questions to Mr. Rodriguez, Shakira and those who are protesting the passing and signing into law in Arizona, (SB 1070), are this, and I will use Mexico as the example because for some reason, those who are protesting SB 1070 believe that the law is targeting ONLY illegal Mexicans. My questions to you is this:

If Mexico is so wonderful --- then why are you here?

In fact, Shakira --- if you can stand up to any human rights violations in the USA, why won’t you do the same in your native Columbia? (Also Shakira, you are of Arab decent. If you want to see real human rights violations, where one of your outfits in an Islamic country).

If the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo is all about the “independence” of Mexico --- are you actually trying to tell me that Mexico is truly independent?

If Mexico and its citizens, (and even Columbia for the sake of argument), are so important, and near and dear to your hearts --- then why are you not fighting for them --- inside the borders of the country that you love?

The answer to all the questions is quite obvious --- it’s because you are all cowards. It is so much easier and far more safer for you to protest any American policy --- then those of your own countries. The only retributions you face here is some name calling and heated debate. Are Mexico and Columbia truly “independent”? NO! Not as long as they are being run by the drug cartels and the corrupt governments that they have purchased. You are too afraid to take on and fight the REAL enemies of your people. You are too afraid to get down and dirty; and yes, spill a little blood and suffer some pain. Meanwhile though, you leave your fellow countrymen behind to do all the dirty work and to suffer the consequences of the governments and criminals in your homelands. You let them do the real fight for you. All you get in your protests here is some quality “face time”.

Here is a bit of truth to those of Mexican decent --- your families, friends and countrymen are not leaving Mexico --- they are ESCAPING from it. They are not coming here for better jobs, they are coming here for a better life. It is safer for them to be in this country illegally, than in theirs legally. It is quite a shame too because Mexico has the resources and potential to employ all of their citizens with good paying jobs that would make their standard of living equal to ours in the United States. For example, Mexico sits on the largest natural gas reservoirs on this side of the planet. But with the long history of corrupt government there, Mexico has become a huge waste of potential, because of the crooked and dishonest people who use force to keep themselves in charge --- just like in the entire continent of Africa. They, like Africa, have governments empowered by keeping the proletariat in fear for their lives and safety. The government of Mexico only benefits those in the government of Mexico.

You can not criticize this country until you clean up your own, and that means that you have to take your “revolutions” there And for Mr. Rodriguez and Shakira, I suggest that they instead of interpreting our constitution and laws, that they do some research on the immigration laws of both Mexico and Columbia.

I do though feel that I must come to the defense of Shakira somewhat. She is a celebrity from a foreign country whose thoughts are with the normal average citizen. Not like some of her counterparts here in America like Sean Penn, Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte and Oliver Stone, who go out of their way to visit, pamper, indulge and praise corrupt tyrannical leaders such as Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez.