Thread by @HMAesq

Show of hands:

Does the #MigrantCaravan make you feel a little uneasy but you're afraid to say anything because you don't want to be seen as racist?

Do you find yourself thinking about it in terms of jobs and national security?

Well, the problem is, actual racists are the ones who came up with the "job stealing criminal" narrative.

They knew they needed to wrap their racism into something that goes down easier.

Because no one wants to admit they're racist.

So even though it should be obvious that people generally drive economic growth, racist laws disenfranchise them and make them liabilities. Then they're derided as a drain on the system.

What if we empowered them to contribute? Would the #MigrantCaravan be ok then?

No? Still worried about an terrorist or gang member hopping aboard the asylum express?

First, that would be the worst way to come. Risk getting called out? Presenting before an officer? Why would a hardened criminal seek to immigrate so legally?

Maybe you buy the Skittles theory...3 poisoned Skittles in a bowl, would you grab a handful.

Which I guess means we should ban all cars due to highway fatalities.

Maybe you just don't think we need more immigration. But refugees are a tiny trickle of people.

Even the racists themselves acknowledge this.

When you peel back the layers, there's always a fear of what America will look like with all these different people here.

This, unfortunately, is a core tenet of white nationalism. Check it.

It's time to confront the changing face of America.

Ask bicultural people like me. We feel at home in different cultures, but if we leave the US, we're American, and only American.

Funny that only other Americans don't consider us American.

If your idea of American is threatened by people like me who love this country, then perhaps your idea of American isn't as complete as you thought.

Maybe America is bigger than you. I acknowledge it's bigger than me.