Greensboro Shuts Down Tomorrow for Immigrants
by Liv | Published on April 30th, 2006, 12:05 pm | Greensboro
I'm sitting here reading the estimated impact of tomorrow's "Great American Boycott" on the internet. Blogger's have concluded that it will be nothing shy of a whisper, such as last years petroleum boycott, and others suggest major shut downs in government and in commerce.
I think many of us were dumbfounded by the sheer numbers of demonstrators in previous immigrant rights rallies. The question is this, has that fear & emotion that originally came with hearing of the federal government's attempt to pass legislation to criminalize aliens, grown or diminished?
We shall only know tomorrow, when supporters and immigrants take to the streets of America, not showing up for work & school. I for one will be one of the gringa's who will not be attending work tomorrow to show support for our neighbors.
We can only hope for those of you who do continue your normal routine, that you will be kindly reminded throughout the day, how important your Mexican amigos are. Hopefully most businesses will fail to run, your lunch won't be made, and maids won't come to your hotel room. That is the hope. Will it happen. Maybe not, but we won't know until we try will we?