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Im really bad at making threads but this is an interesting event.
Since the caravan was announced until they reached TJ mexicans have gone from "Welcome latinamerican brothers" to "Mexico first, get the fuck out".
It would be a very long thread to post all the things that the Hondurans have done or allegedly done to make Mexicans feel that these individuals should be kicked out, but overall it seems that the public opinion is incredibly against them.
The reason why i made this thread however is because its not the first wave that crashed at the northern border after America tightened its security up, the first wave was Haitians, and about 5,000 or more were stranded in northern Mexico.
These people however were seen first as a potential burden, but in 2 years Haitians have become an example of a polite, well mannered, hard working people, to a point where they gained the respect of the Mexican people and nobody wants them gone.
I made this thread after i found an overwhelmingly positive facebook post comparing Hondurans to Haitians.
So i think xenophobia isnt necesarily about race or culture, and its more about people sharing your values.
Since the caravan was announced until they reached TJ mexicans have gone from "Welcome latinamerican brothers" to "Mexico first, get the fuck out".
It would be a very long thread to post all the things that the Hondurans have done or allegedly done to make Mexicans feel that these individuals should be kicked out, but overall it seems that the public opinion is incredibly against them.
The reason why i made this thread however is because its not the first wave that crashed at the northern border after America tightened its security up, the first wave was Haitians, and about 5,000 or more were stranded in northern Mexico.
These people however were seen first as a potential burden, but in 2 years Haitians have become an example of a polite, well mannered, hard working people, to a point where they gained the respect of the Mexican people and nobody wants them gone.
I made this thread after i found an overwhelmingly positive facebook post comparing Hondurans to Haitians.
¿Alguien recuerda cómo llegaron los haitianos a Tijuana?
Llegaron asustados, tristes, llegaron pidiendo asilo, llegaron pidiendo caridad, no exigían nada, ellos rogaban un trabajo, ellos pedían humanidad.
Does someone remembers when Haitians came to Tijuana?
They came scared, sad, asking for asylum, asking for help, they didnt demanded anything, they begged for a job, they wanted human solidarity.
Tenían cargando grandes pesares sobre su espalda, el más grande de todos es que lo habían perdido TODO, incluso a su familia, aún así nunca pensaron en sentarse a descansar, le hicieron frentea la situación que tenían, y no la pensaron dos veces para vender en un semáforo, lavar platos en el puesto de carnitas, vender chicles, barrer calles... Y no dudes que alguno de ellos tuviera un doctorado o que fuese algún ingeniero en su natal Haití, aunque aquí ese papel no le sirvió de nada pues al igual que un indigente le tocó dormir en el pasto de palacio de gobierno, debajo de un puente o en la banqueta de algún establecimiento.
They came with great burdens, the biggest one was losing everything back home, even family, yet they didnt sit down to rest, and didnt thought it twice to sell (wares) at the stoplights, wash dishes at the carnitas stand, sell gums, sweet streets... and dont doubt that some of them may have had an higher education or was an engineer back at Haiti, but that degree didnt helped him here, they had to sleep in the streets like a homeless individual.
ELLOS JAMÁS se quejaron del trabajo que tuvieron que hacer, por el contrario miraban ésto como una oportunidad de oro, y la tomaban sin pensarlo, como si no se les fuera a presentar de nuevo, su intención no era invadir ni quitarle nada a nadie, su único propósito era sobrevivir.
They never complained about work, instead they saw work as a golden opportunity and took jobs without thinking, as if that was a one in a lifetime chance, their intention wasnt to invade or take from people, their purpose was to survive.
No se puede llegar con una una persona y exigirle caridad hacia ti
y mucho menos a un Mexicano, oye, es como ir al mandado y exigir que te regalen el litro de leche sólo porque no tienes ni un peso.
You cant go up to a person and demand charity, and even less a Mexican, its like going to the store and asking for a free liter of milk, just because you are broke.
El Mexicano es solidario, y la razón mas grande es que tú "Migrante" ya estás aquí, pero tampoco es tonto, como lo creen algunos países de por ahí... ¿Verdad que sí?.
Mexicans are solidary, and the biggest proof is that you are here, but he isnt dumb, like you guys think.
Llegaron asustados, tristes, llegaron pidiendo asilo, llegaron pidiendo caridad, no exigían nada, ellos rogaban un trabajo, ellos pedían humanidad.
Does someone remembers when Haitians came to Tijuana?
They came scared, sad, asking for asylum, asking for help, they didnt demanded anything, they begged for a job, they wanted human solidarity.
Tenían cargando grandes pesares sobre su espalda, el más grande de todos es que lo habían perdido TODO, incluso a su familia, aún así nunca pensaron en sentarse a descansar, le hicieron frentea la situación que tenían, y no la pensaron dos veces para vender en un semáforo, lavar platos en el puesto de carnitas, vender chicles, barrer calles... Y no dudes que alguno de ellos tuviera un doctorado o que fuese algún ingeniero en su natal Haití, aunque aquí ese papel no le sirvió de nada pues al igual que un indigente le tocó dormir en el pasto de palacio de gobierno, debajo de un puente o en la banqueta de algún establecimiento.
They came with great burdens, the biggest one was losing everything back home, even family, yet they didnt sit down to rest, and didnt thought it twice to sell (wares) at the stoplights, wash dishes at the carnitas stand, sell gums, sweet streets... and dont doubt that some of them may have had an higher education or was an engineer back at Haiti, but that degree didnt helped him here, they had to sleep in the streets like a homeless individual.
ELLOS JAMÁS se quejaron del trabajo que tuvieron que hacer, por el contrario miraban ésto como una oportunidad de oro, y la tomaban sin pensarlo, como si no se les fuera a presentar de nuevo, su intención no era invadir ni quitarle nada a nadie, su único propósito era sobrevivir.
They never complained about work, instead they saw work as a golden opportunity and took jobs without thinking, as if that was a one in a lifetime chance, their intention wasnt to invade or take from people, their purpose was to survive.
No se puede llegar con una una persona y exigirle caridad hacia ti
y mucho menos a un Mexicano, oye, es como ir al mandado y exigir que te regalen el litro de leche sólo porque no tienes ni un peso.
You cant go up to a person and demand charity, and even less a Mexican, its like going to the store and asking for a free liter of milk, just because you are broke.
El Mexicano es solidario, y la razón mas grande es que tú "Migrante" ya estás aquí, pero tampoco es tonto, como lo creen algunos países de por ahí... ¿Verdad que sí?.
Mexicans are solidary, and the biggest proof is that you are here, but he isnt dumb, like you guys think.
So i think xenophobia isnt necesarily about race or culture, and its more about people sharing your values.