In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants

On my bus ride home from campus I heard a couple guys behind me talking about the elction results, and I heard their enthusiasm for Tim Clare. The reason they were most excited was that he didn't want to give in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. They were pretty sure it would raise their own tuition money. This just supports the idea that I've been coming up with, you know, in my philosophical, Lord of the Flies kind of way. People are pretty much selfish douchebags.

I used to work with a guy named William. We unloaded trucks at Wal-mart, and he said the most absolutly true idea ever said to describe people. William is from the Sudan, and moved to the U.S. because of the wars going on. One day three of us white truck unloaders were walking with William, and on the other side of the aisle, three walmart workers from Africa. We asked him why he wasn't walking with his brothers, and without missing a beat he said, "You are my brothers too. People are just people. We just look different."

That is a quote I will never ever forget, and that I wish more people understood. Here's the deal, if your parents are illegal immigrants, or if you are, you probably weren't loaded with money to be able to pay out-of-state tuition. My family isn't close to trying to just make it by like some of these families, and we couldn't afford out-of-state tuition. But everyone who wants to, should be able to get an education and try to make their lives better. Maybe you don't want your tuition to sky rocket, maybe immigrants will start "stealing" even better jobs from us, maybe you are jsut a racist asshole who can't see the world from other people's perspective. People are people, and we all deserve the same chances.

The video below is from July 16, 2007. It's about making English the native language. Basically some day we may all have to learn Spanish, languages evolve and spread, and it's going to happen, and it's just one of those things you just need to get over. Go with the flow. O, Vaya con el flujo!