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The news story is found here.

Basically, Vincente Fox had made some comment about Mexican migrant workers being vital to the US economy because they would do jobs that, according to his own words, "not even blacks would do". Of course, someone who was not black was making a statement that included a reference to black people, so Jesse Jackson has taken offense and has gone to Mexico to meet with Presidente Fox.

One thing that needs to be said is that Sr. Fox is right--migrant workers do perform jobs that most Americans, blacks included, will not do. I would ask why so many people get upset when someone speaks an unpleasant or politically incorrect truth, but I just answered my own question. [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img]

Of course, Sr. Fox will support migrant workers (a polite term used for many who are simply illegal immigrants) because they send billions of U.S. dollars back to Mexico annually. That is a lot of money.