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Thread ID: 19184 | Posts: 11 | Started: 2005-07-17
2005-07-17 12:30 | User Profile
HAMILTON, Ohio - It started with the spray-painted, misspelled "Rapest" on the house of a Hispanic man accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old white girl. Then the house went up in flames in a suspected arson.
Confrontations, name-calling and threats against Hispanics followed. Men roamed the streets wearing pillowcases with eye holes, and Ku Klux Klansmen in hoods and robes showed up to pass out pamphlets. There were rumors of assaults and beatings.
Now this small Ohio river city's booming Hispanic population is cowed, the streets in their neighborhoods nearly deserted.
Outside the office of the Living Water Ministry, which two months ago drew hundreds of people to its first Cinco de Mayo festival, there is still a smell of charred wood from the June 21 fire that gutted the house next door and caused damage to the outside of the ministry's office.
"Before, the street would be covered with people, people out all over the place," said Sasha Amen, community outreach coordinator for Living Water. "There's a lot of fear now. People are shutting themselves in their homes."
Hamilton has been a hotbed for Hispanic growth in a state that has lagged behind much of the nation in Hispanic population. The number of Hispanics here jumped fivefold in the 1990s, to 1,566, and is now estimated at 4,000 or more in a city of some 61,000.
For the most part, the immigrants had settled in without much controversy in Hamilton, whose mayor in the 1990s was of Cuban descent. But life here was transformed on June 19, when a 9-year-old Caucasian girl was raped, allegedly by a Hispanic man who has apparently fled the city.
"Yes, there is fear," said Ramona Ramirez, who owns a corner deli-supermarket where she says business is off and her bread delivery man is now afraid to come. "They are attacking all the Hispanics, and it is only one person. We don't know what will happen."
Lupe Galvan, a Mexican-born woman who has been here five years, said some neighbors are talking about moving away.
City and community leaders are trying to heal the wounds, beefing up patrols and trying to calm the community, Mayor Don Ryan said Friday. Ryan said authorities are stressing that the rape was "strictly a random act of violence" and not racially motivated.
"We're continuing to be a melting pot in this country," he said. "Assimilating into our culture is tough; I firmly believe that it will take time."
While the anti-Hispanic backlash has stunned many of the immigrants, some say they've felt racial prejudice here before. The Rev. Eustaquio Recalde, a native of Paraguay, says he was often harassed and ridiculed while working a factory job as the lone Hispanic employee.
"I think it's been around," Recalde said. "This was an opportunity for a few people to express it."
Ezra Escudero, executive director of the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs in Columbus, says Hamilton is not alone in feeling tension in a state where the Hispanic population has doubled to nearly 280,000 since 1990.
"The challenge for the community is whether the tragedy will bring out the best or the worst in people," he said.
Shelly Jarrett Bromberg, an assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American studies at Miami University in Oxford, has helped organize two community forums since the fire. She called the Hamilton unrest an important moment for local Hispanics, churches, police and public officials.
"I think everyone realizes that we need to have a dialogue ... to make the community feel safe and feel that they have a voice," Bromberg said. "I think there are a lot of people who want to make this work out."
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2005-07-17 12:57 | User Profile
[QUOTE]Hamilton has been a hotbed for Hispanic growth in a state that has [B]lagged behind much of the nation in Hispanic population[/B]. The number of Hispanics here jumped fivefold in the 1990s, to 1,566, and is now estimated at 4,000 or more in a city of some 61,000.[/QUOTE]
Who is behind this mentality that deems useless third-world immigration is a [B]contest[/B]?!? This reminds me of that town in Iowa where the mayor tried to shame the citizenry for their lack of 'diversity' as though they were responsible for a friggin' polio epidemic. The phrasing - "lagging behind", "catching up" - can there be any doubt that this is nothing less than public-policy social planning? And not just public policy.....self-perpetuating public policy. A machine that has no off button. (But one tailor-made for George P's eventual run for office, a decade or so after we get Jeb pushed down our throats.)
Until there is one newspaper or tv station that will articulate that without flinching in anticipatuion of lightning striking them, nothing will change - except through violence. (He said, noting sadly that according to this paper, the only violence to have taken place is violence towards a goddam [I]house[/I]. But I guess "rumors of assaults" trumps one worthless 7-year-old white girl.)
2005-07-17 13:48 | User Profile
Rape Spurs Anti-Hispanic Backlash in Ohio By DAN SEWELL Associated Press Writer
HAMILTON, Ohio ââ¬â It started with the spray-painted, misspelled "Rapest" on the house of a Hispanic man accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old white girl. Then the house went up in flames in a suspected arson. [snip] Hamilton: [url]http://www.hamilton-city.org/[/url]
Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs: [url]http://ochla.ohio.gov/[/url]
July 17, 2005 - 3:00 a.m. Copyright 2005, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. [img]http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/02/96/45/image_1745962.jpg[/img] ==================== Hamilton, Ohio? Rather off the beaten path for illegals, a word not used in this piece meant to generate sympathy. Which proud members of the "business community" are serving as enablers for the illegals, Miller Brewing company, perhaps? Construction for certain. [url]http://www.hamiltonohio.org/chamber/directory.asp[/url] An idea whose time has come on how to deal with this problem: ============= NATION IN BRIEF County sues over hiring of illegals Faced with the costs of cop -ing with illegal immigrants, Canyon County, Idaho, is looking to the courts for help ââ¬â by filing a racketeering lawsuit against the businesses that hire such workers. Legal experts say it's the first time a government has sued a business under the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly called the RICO Act. The county argues that a pattern of immigration violations by employers is costing taxpayers millions for law enforcement, education and social services. [Brief not online]
2005-07-17 15:32 | User Profile
Every white should show hostility to cucarachas and let them know they are not welcome. Filing suits against employers seems to be a good idea too. The race/ethnic thing needs only an initial push to explode, as cucarachas have grown bold enough to let their feelings known about what they think about the future and who it belongs to.
2005-07-17 16:30 | User Profile
Save a pitchfork and a few yards of hemp for those (mostly Republican) members of the "business community" who've been importing these unassimilable Third World lumpenproles by the millions...
Operation Wetback II will be a quicker job than anyone would predict.
2005-07-17 16:43 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]Rape Spurs Anti-Hispanic Backlash in Ohio By DAN SEWELL Associated Press Writer
HAMILTON, Ohio ââ¬â It started with the spray-painted, misspelled "Rapest" on the house of a Hispanic man accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old white girl. Then the house went up in flames in a suspected arson. [snip] Hamilton: [url="http://www.hamilton-city.org/"]http://www.hamilton-city.org/[/url]
Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs: [url="http://ochla.ohio.gov/"]http://ochla.ohio.gov/[/url]
July 17, 2005 - 3:00 a.m. Copyright 2005, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
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Hamilton, Ohio? Rather off the beaten path for illegals, a word not used in this piece meant to generate sympathy. Which proud members of the "business community" are serving as enablers for the illegals, Miller Brewing company, perhaps? Construction for certain.
[url="http://www.hamiltonohio.org/chamber/directory.asp"]http://www.hamiltonohio.org/chamber/directory.asp[/url]
An idea whose time has come on how to deal with this problem:
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NATION IN BRIEF
County sues over hiring of illegals
Faced with the costs of cop -ing with illegal immigrants, Canyon County, Idaho, is looking to the courts for help ââ¬â by filing a racketeering lawsuit against the businesses that hire such workers. Legal experts say it's the first time a government has sued a business under the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly called the RICO Act.
The county argues that a pattern of immigration violations by employers is costing taxpayers millions for law enforcement, education and social services.
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Letting your state and local politicians know, that there will be [color=black]NO[/color] campaign contributions until they take action to "facilitate" the deportation of illegal aliens ( i.e. foreign nationals in the US illegally). Let them also know you want legal immigrtion reduced/stopped too!
If Bob Taft were to start rounding up illegal aliens and holding them for deportation---action would have too be taken by Bush and his jews :furious:.
2005-07-17 16:45 | User Profile
I have counted maybe 5 Mexicanos in this one mule town and the main reason is that there are no jobs and that to get welfare or food stams is hard to get now days.
With so many unemployed Americans in this town I know that they would fight for what ever job there is and they would problably burn down any business the would hire illegals, except in the Mexican restaurant.
I love this Micky Mouse one mule town, no Jews, no illegals and only one Cuban hahahaahahahah :thumbsup: heyyyyyyy I didn't say that it was a perfect place.
2005-07-17 17:08 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]...and the main reason is that there are no jobs and that to get welfare or food stamps...[/QUOTE] That's part of the whole damn trouble. Local, state, & federal government encouraging these invaders by throwing freebies at 'em---and---local charites and churches putting the icing on the invasion cake for these illegal aliens.
Another part of the trouble is that these Latin American invaders are showing up in numbers all over the US---Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Nebraska, Iowa, all over the damn place!
2005-07-18 22:59 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Gabrielle]She called the Hamilton unrest an important moment for local Hispanics, churches, police and public officials.[/QUOTE]No worry, the Catholics are front & center at this and all important moments:
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2005-07-18 23:14 | User Profile
Gabby? the church needs more warm bodies in order for them go fill their coffers and as you know the Latinos are very gullible when it comes to religion because the buggy man is always after them.
2005-07-18 23:33 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]Gabby? the church needs more warm bodies in order for them go fill their coffers and as you know the Latinos are very gullible when it comes to religion because the buggy man is always after them.[/QUOTE]While the critter you refer to is usually called "the Boogie Man" or "the Bogey Man," this is the computer age. Time for a new demon of the night, Ponce. You seem to have coined a clever neologism: the Buggy Man . . . what with bugs being the bane of computers! Well done! :beer: