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# Racism now targets immigrants
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/racism-now-targets-immigrants-editor/
- Published: 2007-11-01T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:45:17.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

The anti-immigration movement is a shrill chorus of self-righteous white xenophobics (people afraid of foreigners) who have been sucked into a divisive nationalist agenda.

The immigration debate about brown-skinned Mexicans and Latinos is no different than the social unrest over blacks in the ’50s. Racism has just spiraled around again and taken on a new shape.

An example of what most Americans are not seeing as they ride in the comfort of their SUVs: I ride public transportation and many of the passengers are Mexican. They don’t wear signs saying I am a legal or illegal immigrant. They are hard-working and courteous fellow passengers. But, there are others who ride the same buses who have an agenda — white, rude, belligerent and obnoxious anti-immigrationists who spew obscenities about Mexican men, women and children. The police have had to be called on occasion.

So, who would you rather sit next to: A respectful immigrant or one of these white hatemongers? This is not an extreme and isolated case.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 1, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/110107.pdf?ref=smdp.com)