In what can only be termed as the most racist thing I’ve heard all week, the 14th District Representative in the NC House (George Cleveland of the 14th District, which includes Onslow County) has proposed a tax on Western Union transfers made by illegal immigrants. He’s even included his own test for who is and isn’t an illegal immigrant.
If a fella comes in with a pair of shaggy boots on, jeans and a T-shirt, and he’s got a straw hat on — I mean, come on, give me a break.”
That response is to the challenge of identifying everyone that makes a wire transfer. Mr. Cleveland feels that the Western Union clerks should be able to identify the illegal immigrants by the way they look and speak.
Another word describes that form of identification: discrimination.
Dictionary.com says this about discrimination:
dis·crim·i·na·tion /dɪˌskrɪm
əˈneɪ
–noun
1. an act or instance of discriminating.
2. treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.
3. the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination.
4. Archaic. something that serves to differentiate.
It’s disturbing to me that Mr. Cleveland has been in the NC House for two terms without any real competition. Does anyone out there want to help me find, recruit, and support a Democratic challenger?
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