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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Pitbull cancels show, protests Arizona immigration law

The mainstream media is reporting that "Cuban-American" rapper "Pitbull" is canceling his May 31st show in Phoenix, Arizona in protest of Arizona's new immigration law, which incidentally doesn't even go into effect until August.

First off, how about just describing him as an "American" rapper?  If one must know his ethnic origin, then perhaps a description something like:  "American rapper who is of Cuban descent" would suffice?  Personally, I'm sick and tired of hyphenated descriptions of everyone's ethnic lineage which put other nationalities ahead of the United States.  To me, it's like putting a foreign nation's flag above "Old Glory".  If you are a citizen of the U.S., your are an American, period.  It's time people start thinking as if we are a cohesive nation with some acceptable differing ideologies and beliefs, rather than as a divided nation with no hope of ever being the great "melting pot" we once were.  "Pitbull", who's birth name is Armando Christian PĂ©rez, was born in Miami, Florida, for pete's sake.

Secondly, I don't much care for rap "music", so what can I do to get "Pitbull" to cancel any shows he might have planned for my home state of New Mexico?

Pitbull cancels show, protests Arizona immigration law

1 comment:

  1. LOL! I second those feelings on rap "music"!

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