There are a lot of those
Latin American immigrants who are seeking asylum in the U.S. hanging around the
city here. When they first started showing up here about a year ago, I was
pissed. I wasn’t pissed at them. I was
pissed at the guy who put them on a bus and dumped them all here, Governor Greg Abbott of
Texas. I figured he was trying to pull some racist bull shit, like guys like
him love to do. I figured he was trying to make everyone up here believe that
these dirty Spanish speakers were invading our country and taking away our
jobs.
At first, the more I saw of
those immigrants, the more I felt sorry for them. They looked like regular folks who were just
seeking decent work so they can take care of their families and enjoy their
lives.
But now I ‘m thinking maybe
Abbott was right. Maybe they really are invading our country and taking away
our jobs. They’re taking away cripple jobs. Because what’s the job most closely
associated with cripples? Street beggars, right? I’m not basing that on data
from sociological research or anything like that. I’m just going by how I think
cripples are viewed by verts (which is what I call people who can walk because
it’s short for vertical).
Anyway, it seems like a lot
of the Latin American immigrants are going for those jobs, probably because
those are the only jobs they can get. You don’t need a permit or a license or
anything. All you need to do is go sit on a corner with a cup. And you don’t
really need a cup.
When I have personally
encountered these Latin American immigrants., it has usually been when I passed them as they were being street beggars. I know it’s them because they
usually hold a sign scrolled with black marker on a sturdy hunk of cardboard
that identifies them as such. They are wise to do this because it gives them a
marketing advantage. Let’s face it, if you’re walking down the streets of
Chicago and you’re feeling generous enough to toss a few coins at a street
beggar, you can’t do that with every street beggar you see, or you’ll go broke.
You must be discerning. You have to give your money to the beggar that you feel
will give you the best bang for your coins, so to speak.
But now it seems like the Latin American beggars are
undercutting the crippled beggars. My suspicions were confirmed recently when I
was walking around downtown and I came across a family of begging Latin
Americans. It looked like their cup was pretty full. But around the corner was a
forlorn-looking crippled beggar. He shook his cup and it sounded pathetically
empty.
I can’t blame people for wanting to give their money to Latin
American immigrant beggars. It’s like giving a big middle finger to Abbott,
which makes it feel extra good.
But if cripples can’t beg anymore, we’re screwed!
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