COALITION BUSTER:

Blacks see threat from Hispanic illegal aliens (Keyonna Summers, May 15, 2006, THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

Blacks in the region are joining Minuteman militia groups opposed to illegal Hispanic aliens working in the United States, saying they take jobs from blacks and piggyback off the strides made during the civil rights movement. [...]

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that about 80 percent of blacks have a favorable view of Hispanic immigrants' work ethic and family values. The survey also shows that 33 percent of blacks are less likely to suggest deportation of illegals aliens, compared with 59 percent of whites.

However, the survey indicates that about half of blacks in the region see immigrants as a burden because they take jobs and housing. More than 50 percent of blacks in the region and more than 75 percent nationwide say increased immigration has led to difficulties in finding a job, compared with 50 percent of whites nationwide and 20 percent in the region who say the same.

The survey stated 22 percent of blacks and 14 percent of whites said they or a relative had lost a job to an immigrant.

Blacks are, of course, likelier to live in proximity to and work with immigrants, so have a better view of the values that make them economic and eventually political competitors. Those values are so at odds with liberal dogma that when the rest of the Left figures it out they'll shift to the nativist camp.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 15, 2006 8:43 AM