Carlos Santana was at the annual Major League Baseball Civil Rights Game in Atlanta, receiving the Beacon of Change Award this weekend and surprised everyone there with a little speech and admonishment:
"The people of Arizona, and the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves."
"This law is not correct. It's a cruel law, actually," Santana said in an impromptu news conference after the ceremony.
He was speaking of Georgia's new law, like Arizona's, that requires employers to check the immigration status of new hires and authorizes law enforcement officers to check the immigration status of some suspects.
"This is about fear. Stop shucking and jiving. People are afraid we're going to steal your job. No we aren't. You're not going to change sheets and clean toilets."
"This is the United States. This is the land of the free. If people want the immigration laws to keep passing, then everybody should get out and leave the American Indians here."
Further proof of what he says---next time you're driving through a neighborhood this Summer and it's 95 to 100 or more degrees out, if you see anyone on the roof of homes working on replacing the shingles, look closely. Chances are, you'll see it's Hispanics, working their figurative tails off.
Just saying.
Link: http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/celebrity-news/carlos-santana-slams-georgia-arizona-for-new-immigration-laws
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2 comments:
Truth! Santana rocks!
and in yet another, new way.
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