All remixed except scarf
Tank: Target
Dress: Volcom
Leggings: H&M
Sandals: Target
Earrings: Kohl's
Bangle: H&M
Scarf: Vintage - thrifted
Oooh, y'all! FIVE outfits left before I can dip back into my closet. I'm pretty excited about that.
I feel like today's outfit looks really young, but I'm only going to Bible study, tonight, so it's okay to look like I'm sixteen (I flatter myself).
It may not be my most professional look, but I will say that this has been super comfortable for this hot day.
Anyway, on to the Naughty Step. Iris of 260 Days, No Repeats tagged me yesterday, and I had to think long and hard about this, because the first person that popped into my mind is a political figure, and I try to avoid getting too political on this blog.
But I'm doing it anyway, y'all.
image found here.
I'm putting SB 1070 and laws like it on the Naughty Step. Why?, you ask. Because I was first called an "immigrant" like it was a bad thing when I was eight (four years after moving to the US), and "illegal immigrant" when I was twelve. Mind you, I'm Puerto Rican, which means I'm a born US citizen, but why should people be bothered by such silly details when I'm clearly brown and a Spanish speaker?
Also, I lived for years in Prince William County, VA, home of a similar law (that then had to be REPEALED because of its effect on the economy and the local police). There's a documentary about this law and how it affected the community before and after being passed which I highly recommend. You can find it here.
Anyway, racial profiling is a real thing, and it's one that I, and many others, have lived with our whole lives, and to try to legalize it is just unpardonable. I understand the reasons behind the anti-immigrant sentiment, I really do, but there's so much more to the situation than the fear mongering that seems to be most popular among the law's supporters.
And then today's news about parts of it being blocked? I won't lie, I cried.
I'm supposed to tag someone, so if you're interested, consider yourself tagged...
And as long as I'm on a political bent, I'll share one of my favorite songs on the topic. It's a little old, but the lyrics are just so spot on when it comes to describing immigration (and migration, in my own case).
Oh Frances, I hate that law so much! It is just full of hate. I don't understand why people don't realize that we are all immigrants! I sign every petition against this law that I find and tell everyone about it, it just shows how evil people can be. It's also sad that people don't take action because they don't think it affects them, but it does. I hope this law gets repealed sooner than later!
ReplyDeleteYEAH!! BRAVO!!! AMEN TO THAT! Frances that isone hot topic in my heart! It's a topic that I'm very passionate about, I've also have been called names and looked down upon because people thought I couln't speak English but I feel so bad for those who get it worst, who've I've seen humiliated because they could not speak English, I was told by my ex-gym instructor that she's be offended if she was called Mexican just because of her tan. I understand that coming here illegaly is a "crime" but when your family is hungry and there is no food on the table, when your children go to bed without having something to eat for dinner...it just makes me cry because I've seen it! I've seen little children working instead of going to school, shoeless, with little clothing to protect them from the rain. Gosh I'm almost crying as I type this, we must pray that this law does not pass. I have nothing against making the troublemakers pay for their recklessness, send those back, but those who are here living an honest life and just trying to have a better future for their children, trying to feed those who they left behind...What's so worng with that?!
ReplyDeleteANyways, thank you for standing up to this law! I applaud you! And also I almost forgot to mention you look so comfy and bonita!
Oh my Gosh! I just saw the links you provided and my heart is just torn Frances...how can these people use the name of God to do such a hateful thing? =(
ReplyDeleteThanks for the support, ladies! I hate to be such a downer on a fashion/style blog, but this issue is one I'm passionate about. It really is a personal issue for me. It bugs me when people are all like, "Yeah, my great great grandparents were immigrants, but they came here legally." The forget that the only people who COULDN'T come here legally back then were Asians.
ReplyDelete@ Liz - I'm always thinking of that MLK quote about injustice anywhere being a threat to justice everywhere - so true! If people got that, we'd live in such a different world.
@ Shey - I totally agree with you about the forces behind immigration, and I believe a LOT of the issue is related to US foreign and economic policies. And it really, really bothers me when Christians talk about supporting this law as if it were Biblically sound. I seem to remember the Old and New Testaments saying A LOT about providing for the aliens and treating them justly. It's one of those issues we really need to pray about.
OMG ur on your 26th already?:) gotta work double-time:)
ReplyDeleteOh Frances, I hate that law so much! It is just full of hate. I don't understand why people don't realize that we are all immigrants! I sign every petition against this law that I find and tell everyone about it, it just shows how evil people can be. It's also sad that people don't take action because they don't think it affects them, but it does. I hope this law gets repealed sooner than later!
ReplyDeleteYEAH!! BRAVO!!! AMEN TO THAT! Frances that isone hot topic in my heart! It's a topic that I'm very passionate about, I've also have been called names and looked down upon because people thought I couln't speak English but I feel so bad for those who get it worst, who've I've seen humiliated because they could not speak English, I was told by my ex-gym instructor that she's be offended if she was called Mexican just because of her tan. I understand that coming here illegaly is a "crime" but when your family is hungry and there is no food on the table, when your children go to bed without having something to eat for dinner...it just makes me cry because I've seen it! I've seen little children working instead of going to school, shoeless, with little clothing to protect them from the rain. Gosh I'm almost crying as I type this, we must pray that this law does not pass. I have nothing against making the troublemakers pay for their recklessness, send those back, but those who are here living an honest life and just trying to have a better future for their children, trying to feed those who they left behind...What's so worng with that?!
ReplyDeleteANyways, thank you for standing up to this law! I applaud you! And also I almost forgot to mention you look so comfy and bonita!