Why so much hate??

Why? Everyone is a human, no matter the appearance. White, Black, Hispanic, Asian… what’s the difference besides skin color? In the movie Lone Star there is so much discrimination and racism against Blacks and Mexicans. It takes place in Rio County, Texas where there are actually more Mexicans than Anglos. Both my parents were born and raised in Mexico and even though I was born here in America, I have both seen and experienced this racism.
The reason that I have seen more of this racism than other Mexican- Americans is probably because my mom is still a complete illegal immigrant. In the part of the movie where the sheriff wanted to send back all the illegal immigrants that were working in the restaurant, all I imagined was my mom being sent back and leaving us. My dad became a U.S. citizen, but he is now out of the picture. So now my two brothers and I are left with my alien mother left to raise us.
There has been quite a few times where a racial slur is said against Mexicans towards us. At Publix once, another customer made a racist comment towards my mom about either “controlling your disrespectful son, or go back across the border” just because my little brother accidentally bumped into her. This has not been the only case in where Mexicans have been degraded and bashed for their race. I really cannot stand it when people hold themselves up on a pedestal just because of their race. I was extremely disgusted with the part where Sheriff Charlie Wade belittled Otis and made his look like a fool and even hit him just because he wouldn’t listen to his degrading orders. Wade took advantage of the Mexicans in Lone Star. He has an underground system where he got paid to not deport them so he could make easy money. It’s not like he liked the Mexicans and wanted to help them, he actually hated them and just wanted their money.
I am not saying immigration is okay; there are many problems that illegal immigration is causing in the United States. But it is not okay to discriminate and be racist against them either. It’s not okay to be racist against ANYONE. When it comes down to it, EVERYONE in America is an immigrant, excluding the Native Americans. So why is any race better or held higher than another??? People stereotype too much on race. America wouldn’t be America without all the diversity, so instead of putting down all the diverse cultures from elsewhere, we should embrace them.
There is still racism up till this day in America, as we have all seen throughout this 2008 presidential election between Obama and McCain. It is ridiculous how many people voted or didn’t vote for Obama just because he is black. Skin color DOES NOT MATTER, and neither does your nationality nor background. It’s pitiful that organizations such as the KKK still exist. Racism needs to end… period. Not every Black is the same as all the other Blacks; not every Hispanic is the same as all the other Hispanics; not every White is the same as all the other Whites; not every Asian is the same as all the other Asians. Humans are humans, and that will never change.

Selfish much??

What would you do in Sheriff and Tony’s position?? They are asked last minute to spend between 3 to 6 years in Malaysian prison for a stranger that they befriended 2 years ago in Malaysia. Sheriff should have felt the most obligated due to the fact that it WAS HIS FAULT that Lewis got caught with all that marijuana. Lewis was doing the right thing in still bringing back the bicycle even though it was damaged to return it to the person they rented it from. Sheriff however, tricked him and ended up pushing it over the cliff. Lewis got arrested because the bicycle was never returned, the police came to search the house, and marijuana was found. Everything leads back to the bicycle. If Sheriff hadn’t thrown it over and it was simply returned how Lewis wanted it… nothing would have happened to begin with. Lewis just so happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Sheriff was the most responsible for the situation and should not have hesitated as much as he did. I would have gone for the 6 years if I was in Sheriff’s shoes, but would have been grateful for Tony going to reduce it to 3. I was EXTREMELY disturbed by Sheriff’s selfishness in the beginning in not even thinking twice about going back for Lewis. He didn’t have a wife with intentions of starting a family like Tony did. All he did was drive people around. He didn’t have too much going for him; therefore not much to lose. If anyone should have had any hesitation it would be Tony. But he was the first to agree to it. With time passing by and the date getting closer to Lewis’ death, Sheriff’s selfishness agitated me even more. I really couldn’t believe that he wasn’t going to go back for 3 years to save his friends life when it was ALL his fault since the beginning.
I didn’t like the ending at all. It was really really really sad that Lewis ended up dying because of MJ’s stupidity. Even after Beth warned her that it would be fatal for her to report on it, she still went through with it. MJ should have been somewhat held responsible for his death. Lewis would have been alive and out of jail if it wasn’t for her ignorance. I also didn’t like how Tony bailed out at the end when he was already there. Yes, he did have more to lose than Sheriff did, but he was only going for the 3 instead of 6 years. I understand where Tony is coming from and why he bailed out when he did, even though I wouldn’t have done what he did.
However, I am proud of Sheriff and his decision at the end. He finally realized that he needs to stop being so selfish and stop caring only about him. I’m amazed that he agreed to stay there for the whole 6 years after Tony said he wasn’t going to do it. That is truly taking responsibility of his actions. And I felt as if only 6 months in jail was an indirect reward for his caring actions. This whole event changed Sheriff for the better. He developed into being mature, unselfish, and responsible… and he even got to meet a girl during all of it. Beth and Lewis had this impact on him.