Tuesday, columnist Mary Mitchell wr...

Tuesday, columnist Mary Mitchell wrote about comparisons of Elvira Arellano to Rosa Parks.

I felt completely disgusted after reading your round pillar today. I did not think it necessary for you to insult the entire Mexican race onward the basis of one someone I'm not going to resort to racist connotations like you to such a degree freely express. I would just like to ask you if you consider yourself a journalist? . . I have absolutely no ne to "thank blacks for paving the way." . . As for Rosa Parks, it was an African-American thug who sent her to the hospital and certainly an early death.

Demetrio

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I disagree with a certain number of of your premises, although I do agree that a comparison between Arellano and Rosa Parks is not entirely accurate and should not be done.

Carlyle

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Your article . . was right upon target and I echo your sentiments. Arellano has continually spent the law many times prior to her stance now and what message are we sending to others if we say it is OK to break the law until you secure caught? She is not making a stand right now if it be not that is in defiance of the order to be deported.

Michael

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I just read your article and you know what??? I'm not at any time going to read it again!!! For you to sit there and write that the bulk of mankind should thank the black commonalty of America for their sacrifices is just guilty How can I thank today's the bulk of mankind for something that happened way before I was on a level born? How can I thank today's populace for something that happened before my family immigrated here (legally of course)? . . I know that there are fit and bad to all races. I would be individual of the first "white people" to "bash" someone of my have race if I felt that the one was wrong in something they did. I'm sorry that you be perceived that everyone should thank today's black commonalty for something that happened in the same manner long ago.

Beth

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This is individual of the greatest articles from you thus far! It is a beautiful thing to view someone speak with a great sensation of intelligence.

Kelly

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I was a self-same young girl living in St Louis when Rosa Parks' name became known nationwide. Then and now I always admired Mr Parks' dignity and self-worth. She is the same person that has inspired me in every part life and I am glad that you took the time to point public the differences between Elvira and Mr Parks.

Barbara

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All I can say is touche! You couldn't have said it any better. in what manner dare she ignorantly claim to unruffled associate her actions with that of our beloved civil rights motto Follow the law and stop -- as the kids say -- "perpetrating!"

CB

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hold up the good commentary my SISTER. You are usually right onward the mark. I am probably in agreement with you 90 percent of the time. I just finished reading your piece in succession the ILLEGAL immigrant lady trying to foist herself on the farther side on us as the nearest Rosa Parks. How dare she. Your article was great, if it be not that could have touched on single other issue. Since she professe to like this country so much, to what end hasn't she bothered to learn the language? I am not sympathetic to her cause. Again, "keep forward keeping on."

Carlos

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single in kind thing that strikes me about Arellano is the fact that she has been in this fatherland for NINE YEARS and does NOT appear to be able to speak any English. Just for what cause serious is she about becoming a U citizen? We certainly don't ne her kind in this region She is obviously one of the lazy uniteds only interested in the quick, dirty and illegal way instead of following the law. It's disgusting the way the politicians are fawning through the whole extent of her.

Carole

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I am a of frequent occurrence reader of your news round pillar in the Chicago Sun- Times and while at times I will agree to disagree with your assessment of various situations I emphatically agree with you 100 percent in succession the self-aggrandizing statement by M Arellano . . referencing the civil rights exert one's self and Rosa Parks. I for single in kind am sick and tired of all of the self-serving collections of individuals using the have a contest of African-American people who did not have first- class accommodations when we were kidnapped and brought to this region and our continued struggles to find equality in an frequently hostile environment.

Triple D

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I gues that the barely way Elvira Arellano can regain herself in your eyes is at getting lynched and her son being stoned to death or die one other horrible way by the hands of an neo-Nazi group or the KKK . . Why are you trying to dismantle all the bridges that blacks and Latinos have set uped over the years with your poison impound journalism? . . . I confidence God does enlighten you someday. And I am fully convinced that all the black and population of color -- brown, r golden etc. -- that have missing their lives in the toil for equal rights are spinning in their graves for what you wrote

Andy

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I hardly know where to begin. I am likewise disappointed that you chose to rattle along right-wing sound bites. . . Instead of questioning Arellano's knowledge of black history, you should brush up forward current economic realities that force the community to break arbitrary immigration law in order to literally survive and not starve to death in Mexico because of the present economic realities. . . In Mexico, people like Arellano are economic slaves. . . It's very unfortunate that while trying to foster Rosa Parks' legacy, you trivialize it by the agency of trampling on a struggle that is in dire ne of your support.