White Hypocrisy on "Born" Americans

The "stranger" is viewed upon with inferiority to justify their treatment of him in subhuman labor conditions that prevent him from reaching his full potential. The dominant culture hands them all of the less glamorous jobs before cementing them as stereotypes and obligations that trap the "stranger" into a certain pathway on life. The structure is very keen on "stranger danger". Yet, perhaps most paradoxically, the system is keen on pinning the blame solely on the "stranger" for the exclusive treatment they receive. Not only do they believe that the "stranger" is making a conscious choice and connection with a laboring class, but they also treat it like it's an obligation for the "stranger" to. The dominant culture engages in rhetoric that claims that these jobs are undeserved and that people belonging to the dominant culture should be naturally possessive over these jobs. Sounds familiar? Not only does this bring up images of the "coolie", an imported labor unit who was usually rightless and a slave in everything but name only, but also arguments against affirmative action. Opponents of immigration or proponents of a racially biased status quo will try to say that, in American culture, only hardworking translation: white Americans deserve these jobs. Not only does this state that the stranger is lucky enough to even toil for the white man, but it also writes off the fruits of their labor as insignificant, keeping the racially marginalized labor class down a few pegs for petty white contradictions. Interestingly, if we took their "hard working REAL American" rhetoric seriously, we would arrive with a thought that is similar to this political cartoon. This political cartoon is one of many that points out the hypocrisy in white entitlement to the REAL American jobs. White people were descendants from Europe, and had no actual possession or legal ties to the land. The only reason why they have an entire "new" continent to themselves is because they enslaved one race and exterminated another with a "I do what I want" attitude. The "real" Americans were not natural descendants from actual Native Americans and yet they have benefited and were placed here by coming over and taking Native American land, Native American resources, and have placed Native Americans into a system of perpetual, brutal poverty. In many cases, Native Americans were forced out of their original territories with violence and brutal conditions. Yet, despite all of this effort to remove the previous inhabitants, white Americans still can assert the claim of entitled superiority and the structure will support it.