There are two conflicting trends happening today in American life. One one hand, the majority of Americans believe that Donald Trump has made racists more comfortable expressing their views in public.
On the other hand, for the first time on record, more Americans want to see legal immigration levels increased rather than decreased.
So, are we becoming more or less welcoming of people of color? It appears as though racism is actually on the decline while racists are becoming more visible.
Disturbing footage taken at Andy’s restaurant in Lovettsville, Virginia on October 17 shows what this ugly, racist underbelly of America looks like. In the video, a white lady goes on a tirade against a Guatemalan family for speaking Spanish.
“Show me your passports!” The woman screamed. “Go back to your fucking country. You do not fucking come over here and freeload on America.”
Obviously, this ranting bigot is a terrible excuse for a human being, but she also has her facts wrong.
According to a study by the Cato Institute, immigrants are less likely to consume welfare benefits and, when they do, they generally consume a lower dollar value of benefits than native-born Americans.
So, sorry bigot lady, if you have a problem with “freeloaders” you should probably start screaming at your fellow native-born citizens.
You should also start eating elsewhere, because Andy’s restaurant doesn’t want your kind eating at their fine establishment. The restaurant announced the woman was eighty-sixed with a clever Facebook post: