Supreme Court upholds strict Arizona immigration law, causing Latino's 'Encabronado' level to rise to Orange
By ONANTZIN News
2011-05-27
Tucson, AZ -- The nation's 'Encabronado' level, a measure of how pissed off Latinos are with the blatant discrimination against them in this country, was raised to Orange yesterday following news that the Supreme Court upheld Arizona's immigration law to allow the state, and others, to penalize businesses that hire illegal immigrants.
Many are concerned that the decision opens the gateway for other states to pass their own strict immigration measures or for companies to discriminate against potential legal employees based on their appearance. "It's important to stop abusive companies from exploiting immigrants, but those laws should be made by the federal government, not by oppressive regimes like Arizona", said Latino activist Daniel Espinoza, who also added, "estoy bien encabronado and I don't think I can take it anymore".
The nation's "Encabronado" level was created 10 years ago in order to keep track of the anger and resentment in the Latino community. The different levels are Green("Mas o menos encabronado"), Blue("Me estan encabronando estos pinches gringos"), Yellow("Ya valio madre, ya me encabrone"), Orange("Se pasan estos gueyes. Ando mas encabronao que la chingada"), and Red("Game over").
The level had stayed at Yellow for decades, despite all the verbal abuse against Latinos from Republicans, the lies and deception from Democrats, exploitation by companies, abuse by law enforcement, etc, etc [we could go on and on]. All this changed, however, with the recent Supreme Court decision. "That's enough", said Victor Alvarez, a construction worker from Austin, Texas. "11 million immigrants and over 50 million Latinos in this country, and we still get tossed around like piñatas. They can't keep doing this to us, Latinos have voting power. There's strength in numbers, we just need to exercise it".
Experts caution against the "Let's treat them like 2nd class citizens" attitude in the US, claiming that Latinos won't take much more discrimination against their community and that it won't be long until they exercise their full power in this country. If the "Encabronado" level gets to red - the highest level - there's no telling what the 11 million immigrants and over 50 million Latinos in the US will do, but many predict major desmadre.