Breaking news: I am not white!
I’m still on the road and our wonderful guest-bloggers will be dropping in again today and tomorrow. The hate mail is on an increase again thanks to my outspoken defense of Arizona’s immigration enforcement measure. Too many to choose from, but here’s a typical response:
from Ruben ruben_baruch@sbcglobal.net
to writemalkin@gmail.com
date Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 7:42 AM
subject The color of your skin
Dear Michelle:
I have never met you or heard from you until today.
I didnt’ need to hear you for too long to know the kind of person you are or what are your personally.
I just wondering how or where did you learned to speak like the way you do.
Because you are are not white, and that is obvious, I would like to invite you to take a walk around or drive in Arizona and see and feel in your own skin the racism that exist [sic] in that state. I really would like you to experience first hand the racial prejudice. I would like you to feel how does it feel to be discrimated [sic] for the simple reason of the color of your skin.
Take a walk in Arizona. By yourself. Because you are not white no matter how hard you try to be white, you will never be white . no matter how hard you try to speak like a white person. you will never will be one and your father and your mother and sisters and brothers will never be white no matter how hard you try.
You tell me: Who are the real racists?
Bonus video: Here’s my debate with open-borders smooth talker Francisco Hernandez. I call him Francisco Suave. He really should be on Dancing with the Stars. His two-step is a sight to behold:
On a related note: Kris Kobach’s op-ed in the New York Times (yes, the NYT!) today is a must-read. Kris authored the Arizona law and unlike the president, he knows what he is talking about.
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You stomped ol’ Francisco in that debate. Excellent job.
What, you aren’t white?
Michelle, no you are not white, black, brown, green or yellow. You are an insightful,no holds barred realist who calls it like it is. I, for one, am glad you are on this planet and I also enjoy and learn from your views.
It seems quite a few more [sic]s are called for.
I suppose it is racist of us to point out the poor English.
Well that’s a big surprise, why didn’t you tell us you weren’t white, Michelle. What were you trying to hide, and why.
Knowing we now know you are not white, it doesn’t effect your thinking, does it …
You must get plenty of really interesting mail.
It seems to me that Obama should be cited for inciting a riot in Az. He’s spreading lies about this bill that are very irresponsible. I read the interview between Sustren and Gov. Brewer on Foxnews.com, and she emphatically stated that people would NOT be profiled, and that only in the case of probable cause could law enforcement ask for documents.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,591722,00.html
She not white/s This just stupid i hope whoever wrote that get a butt kicking.
For people who claim not to be obsessed with race, these leftists sure are obsessed with, well, race.
Michelle, you rock girl. Keep it up!
Since when do you trust government officials?
Ruben, can I see your papers?
Of course, you’re not white. You’re Red, White, and Blue!
Michelle is not white and that is all the more reason her writings carry so much validity.
Well I am white. And I can assure you if I walk around AZ, and I have, I come back looking very not white!
But the idea to walk around AZ is a great idea. I challenge all these folks who are up in arms to come to AZ and do some walking along the border during the night time. But they’ll need to make sure they let us know who to contact when they can’t be found.
Gotta love Jan Brewer for standing up for America and you Michelle, for the outstanding delivery of thoughtful commentary on this issue. We all appreciate your tireless dedication to American values. You are the voice within all of us who never get heard or get the chance to speak out. Thanks for all you do.
Don’t care what color Michelle is or isn’t. I know what she is, though. A 100% freedom-loving, proud American. That works for me.
I’ll second that emotion!!!!
Thanks for the laugh.
Not too many of them lately.
“Michelle is not white and that is all the more reason her writings carry so much validity.”
Gotta be careful there. Her writings carry so much validity because she is right-correct, not because her skin has a certain amount of melanin in it nor her facial features have responded to particular genetic code.
The idea that a person of color speaks with more or less credibility because of their color/ethnic origins is nothing more than a “wise Latina woman” will make a better judge.
Well, dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians! Learn something new everyday!
I think ‘ruben’ wishes he was white.
Why is there always more horses arses than there are horses? Same with racists. More people accusing others of being racist than there are racists.
Well, almost never, unless they show character and integrity by standing up for what’s right in the face of threats and violence like Gov. Brewer and the Arizona legislature did.
These days, on the Left, when you can’t argue logically with someone, you call them a “racist”. The word is getting quite old now. Somehow, ignorant people think that’s a “win” for them. So they become, not only ignorant, but stupid too, with a big streak of immaturity.
I used to date a Hispanic woman and she told me once that her kids always had problems because they didn’t speak Spanish or “act” Hispanic. I have no idea what “acting” Hispanic is, but people always tried to pigeon hole them because they were young and washing dishes in a restaurant to earn money.
When I was young, my minority friends fathers all worked for Ford or in the steel mills. Today, the Libs have them all stereotyped as lawn care professionals or busboys.
You’re not white??!!! (Gasp!) And this is how we find out? When were you planning on telling us?
Why does the hate-mailer address you by way of writing DEAR MICHELLE. I believe the term DEAR was used when writing love letters to one’s special someone who was often far away.
I realize it has been adopted as a general opening remark throughout most modern correspondence, but still, if you are going to write hate-mail, I think one should select a different opening address.
I think it’s high time we dropped race from all we do as Americans. There should be no race questions at all on any applications or forms we have to fill out. What’s the purpose? It’s silly at this point because legal citizens are Americans, nothing else. When I meet people, I don’t ask for their race. I ask for their name, and anything they say or do from that point forward forms my opinion of them, not how they look. It’s a very divisive tool for people like Obama to use for political gain, and I say we take away the tool altogether. (not Obama, the race card)
No, Michelle, you are not white.
You are, however, Gold. 24 karat, solid gold.
The letter to you reads as though union teacher taught this guy English.
I think I’ll submit his email to varying sites. He sounds like he could use some help. Wink. Wink.
For the record, I am not white either. I am this peculiar peach-like color most of the winter. But when Algore’s amazing global warming kicks in every May I start to turn a bit more brown. I think it is just another terrible consequence of AGW…
Oh, and great job making Franny-boy trip over his stupid self. What is with that smile? Is he too stupid to know he got owned on national TV.
cute white blouse anyway…
“Because you are not white no matter how hard you try to be white, you will never be white . no matter how hard you try to speak like a white person. you will never will be one and your father and your mother and sisters and brothers will never be white no matter how hard you try.”
Oy, somebody’s filled to overflowing with angry identity politics. So much so s/he misses the real point in question; no matter where an American goes or does in this world, no matter the person’s ethnic background, that person is still an American.
Contrarily, no matter how hard a non-American tries to pretend to be American, they will never be an American – unless/until they follow the laws to become one.
I thought you were black
Slam dunk with Hernandez, Michelle. Booya. Too bad you ran out of time after he essentially said anyone willing to walk across a desert deserves citizenship. Does he also believe someone that goes to the trouble of robbing a bank deserves the money? What a maroon.
Gov Brewer is talking about the onus on law enforcement, not gov officials. BTW, since when did you start doubting them?
You are smart, witty, brave and
beautiful-in a word, magnificent.
I can’t help but wonder what illiterate nincompoops like ruben think your skin tone has to do with your worth as a human being.
Leftist boobs (but I repeat myself) think that only white people discriminate against other races. In my experience the most virulent and violent racism comes from blacks and hispanics against each other and against whites.
I’m as white as can be and I know what it’s like to be discriminated against because of the color of my skin.
Nice job of getting in the last word, Michelle. It doesn’t often happen with leftists.
Very few who are talking have read this bill. Even many of the supporters of the bill, have not read the bill. I know you have Michelle, but this is annoying to have elected officials who don’t know what they are talking about trying to run the stage, pro or con.
Here it is in a nutshell, instead of picking up illegals from the police in the field, Immigration Officials will pick them up in jail. Nothing much will change and believe me, if a law enforcement officer comes across someone during their patrol duties and don’t have enough reasonable suspicion to hold that person for breaking immigration law, they will not be brought in. No one is going to risk their job for wrongful arrest. Now that 20 minute, no response got to let them go now will not matter.
When you run a RAP sheet, it says where the individual was born. Is it definitive? No, but a good lead. Now when you have that person that you pulled over for speeding, who raped a 3 year old years ago, done their sentence and is over probation and the checks say birthplace Mexico, you can hold him, rather than let him go because Border Patrol is too far away. This silliness from people who have no experience or have not read the law is annoying.
Hey Ruben Baruch, you ignorant moron. READ THE BILL!!!
I just wondering how did you learned to right the way you do.
I am an American of Anglo descent and I have been “discrimated ” against here and abroad because of the color of my skin, religion and national origin.
Why do racist leftist idiots continue to perpetuate the myth that only certain types of people suffer from discrimination…
I can’t wait for these May Day rallies and all of the Mexican and communist flags, Che Guevera t-shirts, banners and signs telling gringos to get out of “their” country, and so on. Every time they do this, Americans are repulsed.
They did this in CA in 1994 against Proposition 187 and turned that campaign into a landslide victory. They staged similar rallies populated mostly by school children who were given the day off in 2006 and the backlash was even worse.
The cause for open borders is a losing cause for immigrants who hope to live in a free America if they insist in being the conduit for bringing with them the very society they are running away from. Even if they win in the political arena, they will trigger a civil war in this country.
None of us are white. Anyone who is truly white is a dead corpse.
We are all shades of brown, depending on the amount of melanin, which all humans have. I suggest the first humans were a dark olive, and from them came the entire human race.
Michelle payed attention in school… what is your excuse?
BTW, on those May Day rallies? Immigration (illegal immigration enablers) vow to show up in large numbers. Please God, tsunami.
The only time I see race or ethnicity brought up, front and center, is by people that are uncomfortable with it or find it useful. Hmmm. How backward is that? It’s become a useful tool against people of faith as well. Anything or anyone that can be used as a wedge by those with an agenda is fair game. ‘Bambi and his minions are clearly racist and have pitted not only every ethnic group against everyone else but women against men, sick against healthy, poor against rich, looters against producers. We cannot allow them to divide us. Every reference to race should be purged, with no special treatment for anyone.
Love that you’re the only one I’ve ever seen that can wipe that condescending smile off Francisco’s face. Never take a smug smile to a debate with Michelle! Have a great trip.
Officer: “Are you tan from the Sun?”
Pedro: “No I’m Bob from Earth!”
On April 29th, 2010 at 10:29 am, Pasadena Phil said:
BTW, on those May Day rallies? Immigration (illegal immigration enablers) LAWYERS vow to show up in large numbers. Please God, tsunami.
Melanin? Where do I get it?
The other side – liberals and DemocRATs – are just flat-out dishonest on this and other issues, all the way up to and including the President. Yes, racism exists, and to address it we must change peoples’ hearts and minds – but to address the issue of illegal invasion by millions is not racism but simply the rule of law. We don’t want to become like our neighbor to the south – a land of corruption, a land where there is no rule of law, a land where there is no justice, social or otherwise.
When there is no other argument, pull out the race card. I can’t remember ever reading anywhere that Michelle has said “Hey, I want to be white”
Idiots like this will ignore that Michelle is intelligent, articulate and well informed about our borders and illegal immigration. Apparently she’s right on target.
Keep it up Michelle!!!
Obviously a victim of the National Education Association.
If this weren’t so pathetic, it would be funny.
I have no doubt in my mind that our esteemed hostess has already done exactly that, and seen ALL of the racism that there is in Arizona (which is most likely little or none).
Racism is only one possible reason people receive the treatment they do. What I can’t figure out is why these people automatically eliminate ALL of the others and go straight to the least likely among them.
Is it to gain some kind of political advantage?????????????
Nah … couldn’t be that … could it?
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
What, the street value of oxy getting too high?
a.k.a “Enforcement opportunity”.
all i know is, there are plenty of places here in Los Angeles where, if people who are not of the same color skin as the locals walk down the street alone, they are in danger of being attacked due to the difference in coloration.
none of those neighborhoods have a predominately anglo (aka “white”) population. i wonder how our pal ruben would explain that?
This is the bleepin point init?
When did you become not white? :-O
Being a racist, xenophobic Tea Partier, I’m afraid I can’t read your blog anymore. Please let us know when you’re white again.
We can only hope.
oxy?
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The RACE CARD must be made of titanium. It is played constantly–and it never wears out!
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As far as color–Michelle’s color is loyal American.
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John Bibb
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Here is the bottom line for bluesoc and his fellow travelers. Let’s cut through all of the “bolshoi” and get straight to the heart of the issue.
Arizona is overrun with a quarter of a million illegals, most of whom probably have false id’s (a felony). Drugs are all over the place putting primarily young peope at risk. The cartels are murdering hundreds and gun fights in public areas occur almost daily. Phoenix leads the nation in kidnappings. Ranchers are now being killed on their own property.
To fight this battle the only sacrifice being asked of AZ citizens is to show some id when asked by a police officer. When you are up in arms over being asked for your id what you are saying is you are so self-important, so selfish, so arrogant, so self absorbed that your convenience is more important than kids getting hooked on drugs, identities being used fraudulently, and stopping from being kidnapped and murdered.
Bluesoc is oh so concerned about ‘civil rights.” He does not give a d@mn about the “civil rights” of those kidnapped, raped, robbed, and murdered.
People who are upset with this law deserve what non-enforcement of our laws will ultimately visit on them. If you want to see your future, look south of the border. That’s the destination.
Ruben:
Michelle is white. We let her into the club, taught her the secret handshake and everything.
There was a damning documentary produced years ago that supports Ruben’s case. Here’s the link.
Michele,
You were TERRIFIC on Hannity last night. Conveyed the frustration of Millions of law abiding Americans who are sick and tired of this constant trampling of our laws!
Keep it up and Go GET EM!!!
…but maybe if she studies real hard, takes the test and buys a Volvo she can become one. Ruben, I’m typing this very slowly because I have the feeling that you can’t read very fast.
What’s with all the race & racist crap these days?
And why aren’t we hearing more about the push for statehood for Puerto Rico?
i wonder how much longer Ruben is going to keep that e-mail addy? it isn’t bouncing…… yet %-)
BTW: What is the problem with Rubio. Is he a Rhino in training? He needs to have the balls to stand up against race baiting hispanics and liberals.
That quote is from the NYT op-ed linked by Michelle. It is interesting to note that even the most left-leaning appeals court in the country confirms the legality of state laws making it illegal to employ illegal aliens. Racists!!!
Michelle,
That Frank guy is really, really wrong.
“But the drug dealers don’t carry the drugs across the border, they use tunnel, airplanes and cars. . .”
Can he really be that ignorant? Seriously. He should have been laughed off the air after making that bone-headed remark.
A majority of the drugs intercepted are taken from drug mules (illegal aliens) carrying 50-lbs back-packs through the desert. He should review the statistics, the facts, related to drug seizures. Frank needs to be challenged on his silliness.
Frank should also be reminded the Mexican Army escorts these drug smugglers INTO the United States in order to protect the shipment. The Mexican Army has shot at Border Patrol and local law enforcement. The Mexican Army is invading US territory, they are engaging in an act of war.
Frank’s broad and over-aching accusation that the Border Patrol is “corrupt” is an insult to the nearly 20,000 Agents that are out there, day and night, all year, risking it all to stop ALL illegal aliens from entering.
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/border_patrol_officer_memorial/
For an excellent review of who, exactly, is coming across the desert he should do a little easy research, like visit the weekly CBP blotter:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/weekly_blotter/
Goodness. . .
Hey Michelle welcome to my world. Why did he just call you what they call me instead of accusing you of never being white on the outside.
Sad that people have to see people as brown, white, black and whatever their skin color is in 2010.
Flyoverman #62
Well said.
Only those south of the border can change things there. We can throw money and assets at their problems till doomsday and never win. We cannot absorb a whole country without becoming them. That is the plan in D.C. though.
Ruben.. Ruben…
Why do you hate your OWN skin color so much?
Envy will eat at your soul Ruben.
You are not white.
Deal with it.
Stop trying to project your hate on others.
If you are White, and you are heading down to Mexico, take the road South from the border for about an hour, turn East for about an hour, stop at any town you come to. I guarantee that you will find some “real racists”. . . .Gringo. And make sure you bring your “papers”.
Is Francisco any relation to Juan Hernandez?
Smiling Juan Hernandez
In case you don’t know him, he used to work for the Mexican govt., lately he has been shilling for “rights” for illegal aliens in this country. He has said he wants Mexicans to remain Mexicans even if they are living here. His loyalties are to Mexico, not U.S.
He was John McCain’s Hispanic Outreach Director for 2008′s campaign.
When I heard McCain’s Hispanic Outreach guy was none other than Smiling Juan Hernandez, I knew John McCain has heard nothing we have had to say.
McCain needs to go, GO J.D.!
Damn you’re not white????
But, I will take a big guess you’re AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michelle, you have completely let me down with this post. I used to admire your wit, your intelligence, your passion. I used to think that you were also one seriously hot conservative mama. BUT NOW I DISCOVER YOU’RE NOT WHITE?!?! Say it isn’t so!?
Ok, I can’t keep the joke up any longer. I’m not sure what’s more pathetic: that racist idiots on the left feel the need to falsely condemn you for self-hatred or that they have the chutzpah to turn around and play the race card against others.
Tweedledee/Tweedledum – McCain/Graham are the two most dangerous in the Repub party. They swing in a different direction every day, usually whichever way the political wind is blowing.
McCain is looking rather peeked these days. The fire is gone, the rhetoric changed, and he knows he’s going down in this election.
“Since when do you trust government officials?”
Never. Which is why the legislation-law is written to clearly prevent profiling.
Michelle ate his lunch! I think it was a Rueben with saurkraut!
The filter wouldn’t let me say oxy con tin
Hey that worked.
With the surname “Baruch,” something tells me Ruben is no cholito from el barrio.
“We can throw money and assets at their problems till doomsday and never win.”
That is one of the primary characteristic of liberalism and leftism however. NEVER focus on outcomes, only focus on assets thrown at a problem. Its the investment that demonstrates the left “cares” and is doing “something”.
This is how many elected Republicans became leftist by the way despite the “R”.
Part of that truth however is also our fault. We certainly in the past voted based on how much “our” elected officials did for us. How much money did they bring to our area, our state.
I am not convinced the majority of conservative voters have made the switch however from “what have you done for me lately” to “what are the outcomes of”. I still hear many conservatives looking for the correct candidate to do things our way.
We don’t want them to make government smaller and cheaper and get out of our way. We’ll figure out what we want and how we want it.
It is not okay that government spends my dollars IF the way they are spending it feels conservative. That is part of the problem and how Bush messed up.
Don’t blow smoke up my behind and sell me on voting for you based on how much you spent for me, how much you did for me.
I’ll vote for you when you sell me on how much you are going to work to STOP doing things for me.
But the idea behind this observation: “We can throw money and assets at their problems till doomsday and never win.” illustrates leftism.
For most of Arizona it would be fine. For parts of Phoenix and areas of Tucson, NO. To be safe you would need a body guard.
Ruben, you are giving morons a bad name.
I simply can’t imagine why someone waltzing around Arizona with a Mexican flag might feel hostility. It must be racism.
“waltzing around Arizona”
We don’t waltz in Arizona……
We do the “the tar is so hot its burning the skin off the bottom of my feet” jig.
For liberals, racism is a pigment of their imagination.
“For parts of Phoenix and areas of Tucson”
You haven’t been south to south west of Wickenburg, around Payson, Globe or Yuma lately then.
Nah; I don’t ‘do’ opiates.
But I am so white you can see the blue beneath the skin.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Your AREN’T!?!?! And to think all these years I have been hood-winked into reading your blog. I even had my picture taken with you in Pittsburgh at the blogging convention and didn’t even notice!
1) I wouldn’t take a walk in Arizona by yourself because there is a chance you could be hurt or kidnapped since the Obama administration would rather be politically correct than keep people safe.
2) Lots of Hispanics are white. Blonde-haired, blue-eyed women from Puerto Rico and Mexico consider themselves Hispanic, as do people who live in Argentina, which is 97% white.
3) Over 90% of Hispanics have at least some form of European ancestry.
So, I guess when you eliminate all the feel-good white guilt and sniveling minorities, the facts speak for themselves.
Ha! Like Larry Bird. Larry’s not white, he’s clear!
Michelle, I watched you on Hannity and saw your debate on Francisco Hernandez and have never been prouder of you or everything you stand for. I only wish you had asked him if he had his fingers crossed when he took the oath to uphold the rule of law. Good job!
Excellent post …. keep holding their feet to the fire, MM. You know you’re on target when the identity politics comes out full force.
Once again, Kris Kobach comes through.
The Left sure hates “facts”.
Straight_Talk_Luigi
Yep, within the same family one niece is blonde/blue eyed the other is dark haired w/brown eyes. Curiously, the blonde associates with the hispanic side and the dark haired one says she’s of ‘doesn’t matter’ – neither speak spanish.
Michelle’s not white? You mean I’ve been sharing all of my white information with a non-white? The secret handshake, the code words for minorities, the location of our secret white’s only club?
Egads. I can’t believe that me – a superior white person – could be tricked like this by a non-white.
And, btw, at what point are we going to tell these imbeciles that I’M NOT WHITE EITHER. I’M AMERICAN.
White is a color, not a race, and I refuse to be classified by a color any more than I’ll be classified by height, weight, or size of my shoe.
This is about AMERICANS and NON-AMERICANS. I don’t care what they look like, and neither does anybody else.
If they want to become AMERICAN, there’s a way to do that. Sneaking over our borders isn’t immigration, it’s illegal entry.
Liberalism really is a mental disorder. These people, seriously, are high-functioning imbeciles.
Michelle isn’t white. Neither am I. Anyone else want to be classified by a color?
Just watched the video, had to grab a fire extinguisher to put out my monitor! Michelle, you smoked him!
To Reuben from a white AZ racist:
Dude, your experience with racism is more likely a form of paranoia. Suspicion of strangers is normal, along with a measure of trust (unless and until it is blown).
My AZ neighbors are Korean on one side and Hispanic (Mexican descent) on the other. We have more interaction with our Hispanic neighbors. Among other things, being trustworthy, they graciously accept keys for entry to feed and care for our dogs when we are out of town.
Of course, they are here legally. Are you? That is what makes all the difference. Lawbreakers are difficult to trust.