While reading "Boarder Patrol State" I found myself agreeing with just about all of Silko's arguments. Having lived in Texas most of my life I feel that knowledge of immigrants is more common than it would be in most other northern states. There is a stigma against people of darker in skin, in Houston most people with housekeepers or maids pay their employees with cash. Although this might be for convenience but most families prefer to employ on a don't ask don't tell basis. I know this is a stigma, but it something I have picked up on being raised in that setting. I have also heard many stories of boarder patrol cruelty. Anywhere I have traveled to in south Texas I have seen boarder patrol SUVs and even helicopters. Historically the Nation has one to many keenly documented instances exposing its importance on keeping it secure. Almost every race and ethnicity has faced persecution and segregation at least once in our country's history. I’m not sure why, but the land of free has never really seemed to be that free. Many phrases or ideals correlated with America or its people seem to be, more often than not, an oxymoron. I understand that we cannot have a completely unregulated civilization, the government needs control for taxing purposes ands on, but I do not believe that cruelty and stigmatism need to play such a big role in these federal issues. I can understand falling back onto this on a personal level, some people fall into ruts, mid-life crisis and other life numbing experiences that can cause a less than ideal version of yourself to become your main social output. Even though this is understandable, it is inexcusable. I think that the lack of humanity in an occupation that deals with humans on a daily basis is just another oxymoron that our country must strive to fix.
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