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Arnold's Advice to Mexicans

Arnold has some advice for new immigrants, especially Mexicans: act like the Asians. You know, build railroads and stuff. Normally I edit these videos, but why bother with this one. This one is bad enough without any editing:

You see Arnold thinks that every immigrant comes to America with the same advantages as him. You know huge muscles, a bottle of anabolic steroids, and pearly white teeth. Arnold says that all you have to do is just assimilate, act like Americans. First of all, does that even mean anything?

But to the deeper question, the question of race, we have to analyze how Arnold got here. Arnold came legally, although there are time periods where his immigration status is in question, and with every advantage in the world. But most importantly, he was a white European. Did you know after Mexico, the country with the most undocumented immigrants in the U.S. is Great Britain. Do you see anybody calling to kick out all the Brits, to lose their annoying accents?

Perhaps the Minutemen, Arnold's good friends, are a bit more troubled when the immigrants aren't white. Arnold never had to deal with the issues of race that a great deal of Mexican immigrants have to deal with on a daily basis. So, it's not just a question of "assimilating" and learning the language. There is a pressure to force Mexicans into the barrio. Was anybody pushing Arnold into the Austrian barrio. Oh, yeah not so much.

This is just another example of Arnold's insensitivity towards Latinos. First, he praised the Minutemen, not once, but twice. Then he thought Bonnie Garcia was just "hot" because of her mix of "black blood and Latino blood". And now this. Arnold, perched in his Beverly Hills Mansion just really doesn't understand the people of this state.

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