So, I watched the video Sam posted and found it just ridiculous. That was not even subtle racism that was occurring; that was straight racism in my opinion. After watching the video this parody video came up which I watched and I thought was hilarious. Though the video is so dramatic it serves a point. The governor is trying to force assimilation on Hispanics and in turn emphasizes the stereotype that (though irrational) implies that people from Alabama are ignorant. He is in so many ways trying to Americanize people who aren’t American. He says in the video that people need to speak English, which is crazy because English was established as a national language way after the country was actually established. The parody video satirically criticizes the actual videos mentality and does a good job of highlighting how ridiculous the views shown in the original are. I love that we pretend as a society that we embrace pluralism so much. What do you guys think?
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