Essay 569

Follow-ups with a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• The Minuteman Project nationwide tour (see Essay 568; official “Caravan Pacecar” pictured above) launched with a shouting match when the caravan rolled into a predominately Black neighborhood. Hoping to recruit support, Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist proclaimed, “If we are going to be giving preference to anybody ... preference should go to the American-African community that has suffered more than anybody [because of illegal immigration].” But Gilchrist soon faced protesting Blacks chanting, “Minutemen go home” and “KKK go home!” The Minuteman Project tour may not last longer than a minute.

• The Toyota CEO facing a $190 million sex-harassment suit (see Essay 568) is leaving the country to assume another position in the company. The new role will probably involve overseeing bodywork.

• Mexican President Vicente Fox refused to sign a bill to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs (see Essay 560). Given all the Mexican drug cartels, it would appear the country already decriminalized possession of large amounts of drugs.

• A member of rapper T.I.’s crew was killed in a shootout near a Cincinnati nightclub. The rapper and his entourage got into an argument with local residents that turned into a car chase that ended in gunfire. Let’s hope they don’t run into The Minuteman Project’s caravan.