VDH is a professor who is a registered Democrat that votes for Democrats at local levels, but has conservative-leanings on the national level, especially since 9-11. With the movement left of the national Democrats and their lack of ideas and interest in our most pertinent matters, many of us, including myself, are similar. He's also more qualified to write a short book such as this than perhaps anyone in America -- and surely more so than your local, agenda-driven hypocritical Chicano Studies "professor."
Hanson has lived in Selma (CA) his entire life, as have his ancestors. He has seen the changes but, understanding history better than any of us, keeps a very open mind. He's also traveled the world, guided tours in the middle east and Eurabia, as well as spoken in many major US cities on a bevy of topics. Most of those castigating him in reviews or comments likely know little about him, so they call names and make absurd declarations and emotional assumptions. I have read many of his books and probably 90-95% of his columns and blogs for the past five years. This man has credibility. So enough with claims of "fearmongering." This is priceless coming from those who FEAR "global warming" but not Al Qaeda, the economic catastrophes here and abroad, or how their lives will be affected (financially, educationally, politically etc.) by millions of ILLEGAL immigrants, no matter if they live in California, Massachusetts or the midwest as I do.
I read this book, coincidentally, on a flight back from visiting my wife's avuncular family in South America. ALL of them fear what is occurring in Mexico in terms of their disingenuous media bashing America or academics abusing immigrants for political profits/exploits. Most do. You just don't hear about it on Katie Couric and Anderson Cooper.
As my Jewish ancestors know, as do any of yours who emigrated to our "salad bowl," America is, for better or worse, the MOST diverse, accepting, multi-cultural place on earth. We are more tolerant and less racist than ANY nation, especially many left-leaning elite's beloved Europe, which due to secularism, racism, selfishness and media lies, is falling into decay at the hands of angry, bellicose Muslims. America's history proves we are, THANKFULLY, NOT Europe. Our accepting of immigrants departing heinous places like Mexico is legendary and a source of pride. But any reader of history know that this is done when immigrants come to America and become Americans, renouncing and leaving behind the land they wisely fled. They take pride in being Americans as pre-1960 "Chicanos" did before the revisionist business took hold of academia.
VDH explains that, due to proximity and no thanks to the hypocritical elite academics with their Cal PHDs and SUVs via our educational system, Mexicans cannot and will not do this. And again, with a ridiculos curriculum full of 62 "Mexican Pride classes" (only ONE on the Civil War and NONE of the heroes of WW2) we allow them to with our white guilt, "progressive" (really, they're REgressive as they look back and revise history/events for their benefit) academic/media cheerleaders and a myriad of idiotic policies (affirmative action not for skin color but by virtue of success and grievances -- my wife's family received none) that keep places like California looking more like Mexico than the US.
VDH points out how we somehow allow wealthy & successful Mexicans here to tell their brainwashed students about the glory of a country (Mexico) that they'd never want to live in and that their parents rightly fled so that their offspring could live lavishly here. My former colleagues in LA were the same. And then there's the lies about the Mexican-American War, land, etc. It's all rubbish that VDH wisely clarifies about midway through the book, while being adept at also blaming the "right" in the business sense of exploitation of workers. It's quite a craft to be so non partisan --- yet some leftists separatists, seldom thinking and always calling names, refuse to read or have a debate. They are the true enemy of freedom.
Fearmongering? Please. These charged words don't work among any but the most ignorant. No one's living in fear, but rather they're dealing with reality. John Stewart and Bill Maher are not the ones leading the discourse in these matters either. {You can go fight carbon emmissions with al-Gore from his 30k sq foot mansion and private jets if you'd like while deeming sketpical/truthful folks like meterologists/climatologists and the founder of the Weather Channel akin to Holocaust deniers, while we tell our grandchildren we saved the world from Islamic-fascism.}
A great book, easily read in a few hours, and though an erstwhile Californian like me is glad he's no longer residing in that wasteland (imagine if resourceful midwesterners lived in CA how different the topography and politics would be with religion and hard work and without the PC balderdash), we do need to protect our most populous state from becoming "Mexifornia." Those working hard and becoming citizens should be proud Americans as our ancestors rightly were, and though many are, more could be if we release them from the nefarious agendas of the elite of SF, LA, etc.
Name calling is unacceptable toward folks speaking the truth, ok? It proves we're right and makes you look like the silly leftists you are. You're NOT liberal as "liberal" means open-minded and tolerant.
Dr. Hanson, as always, so well done and articulate. Thank you for this contribution. Too bad schools like yours will stick to Howard Zinn anti-American texts and not this honest and valuable assessment.
In the end, it's our children who lose out, while university "activists" and middle class teachers who couldn't care less so far as their agenda is pushed and they get large paychecks. Racial division is a huge business.
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Mexifornia's "Twenty Years Later" chapter adds content for Chapter 10 of "California Madness"
The new "Twenty Years Later" chapter in the 2021 edition is perfect timing for my latest sapient conservative textbook "California Madness: A SAPIENT Being’s Guide to the State’s Recall, Leftist Policies & Progressive Downward Spiral" to be published one week ahead of the Governor Newsom recall election on September 14, 2021. This latest edition provides the introduction and primary content for Chapter 10 - Mexifornia: Why the State's Largest Ethnic Group is Falling Behind the Others." Victor Davis Hanson is one of California's favorite sons and has the sapience (and courage) to tell it like it is without bias or false narratives.
