It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
So do you think 58% of the people asked to prove their legal status under this new law will be non-hispanic whites?
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
So do you think 58% of the people asked to prove their legal status under this new law will be non-hispanic whites?
Originally posted by Seanbomber
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
So do you think 58% of the people asked to prove their legal status under this new law will be non-hispanic whites?
I'll be your huckleberry.
Hell no, 57.9% of the white people who are legally stopped will not be asked to prove their citizenship. However, you my friend, are under the false impression that correlation equals causation. You think that because x and y are positively correlated, x being race, and y being asking for citizenship, that that invariably means x CAUSES y. That is a false assumption, in fact, they have a blanket fallacy for that. Congrats, you're one of the millions of people who assumes because they have this new-fangled thing called the internet, that you automatically have the ability to make good points.
The truth of the matter is this: an officer stops a white person, that white person produces an ID and speaks english, the ID alone is enough to prove citizenship. Therefore, the police officer does not have to ask for citizenship. Scenario B: an officer stops a hispanic person, that person cannot answer the officers questions because he does not speak english, they acquire a translator to ask for an ID, the translator asks and gets NOTHING, the officer then asks, "Are you here legally?" Done deal. You see, race correlates to immigration status which correlates to if a police officer is going to ask for your immigration status.
If a white guy doesn't speak english and has no ID, you better damn inquire into his immigration status. There is absolutely nothing racist about this law, officers are not going to legally stop you and right off the bat ask you for you immigration status. Good day.