Latest / Black Box Theory Podcast / BBT #17 Snippet | Immigration Policy and What It's Quietly Doing to the American Dream
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- Thomas: I mean, we have black exploitation. ⁓ we have ⁓ the the president is literally talking about b ⁓ banning international flights ⁓ from ⁓ to and from ⁓ specific cities, ⁓ l cities that are more liberal leaning, immigration immigrant friendly leaning, like New York, Chicago. ⁓ like some pretty major places. But I mean that's that's just America. So yes, while while the people out there blindly supporting all of this are saying, ⁓ well this is doing the American dream or I'm we're living the American dream. Someone's getting screwed over man. The the American dream is not for you. Like if you're the average person, it's not for you at all. It's for the people whose whatever device you're using, whatever internet you pay for, whatever clothes you have on your body, it's for them. It's not for you. Malcolm: Yeah. Scary times, man. Thomas: Yeah, it's it's scary, man. I shoot. And and even even more so, ⁓ think I'm s I'm looking, it says ⁓ two hundred seventy one thousand federal jobs gone and banking by immigration status, where I believe banks are now checking immigration status or I'm not one hundred percent sure on that one. But just throwing it out there for people to look into. If it sounds crazy, look into it from reliable sources. Malcolm: Yeah. Thomas: And ⁓ let's check it out. But quick fact 271,000 federal jobs were eliminated. Black unemployment is at seven point was at seven point six percent in Q1 2026, a two-one one ratio versus white workers, ⁓ according to the Economic Policy Institute and Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. ⁓ but you know, and on the banking side, ⁓ May nineteenth, twenty twenty six, executive order ⁓ requires banks to screen customers for immigration status during account opening and lending, according to a White House fact sheet ⁓ slash time in May twenty twenty six. Malcolm: It's it's just like like why is this what you're worried about? Like okay. Thomas: Well people are choosing between food and gas, but Malcolm: Like bro, like I get it. Illegal, undocumented immigrants that are not paying t okay, I get it. But it's just like why are people who have moved to this country gone through all the the proper due processes, kind of like got themselves integrated with the country and have have made a lie for themselves, gone out, they're good citizens. Why Are they just like I don't get it, man. Thomas: I mean, it's the same reason why he's trying to or or certain entities are trying to now say birthright citizenship in the US is not guarantee you US citizenship, which I find that Malcolm: W like what what what else do we need, bro? Thomas: look, my my thing is how far are we gonna take that, right? Because if we're being honest, me me and you have deeper ties to America than Donald Trump. Like, you go back, I think, ⁓ just ⁓ three three generations in the Trump lineage, them folks came from from overseas. So if we're if we're talking about birthright citizenship, we're more American than than that. I mean than than him. So it's like Malcolm: Yeah. Thomas: How far are we gonna go? 'Cause I know we all know that the end goal here, or not end goal, but one of the objectives on the the board of to do is to somehow figure out a way to make black people not US citizens. That Malcolm: Just to to purify the country. Thomas: Yeah, well if if they get rid of black people, right? Because sure, you you look at other growing populations of minorities in America, of course you have Latin Americans, you have ⁓ Indians. I think Indians are the fastest growing minority outside of ⁓ Latin Americans in America, and f at least 49 states. Last time I checked, but this that was a few months ago. And once they figured that out, I mean, I think they already tried to target, you know, international. people like plenty of times. ⁓ they're just not being as aggressive as I know they would like to. But if they can get rid of black people or take our rights away like more and just make us just here and to like force us out or, you know, make it so that they can legally get us out of here. I think that's in their eyes, that's battle one. Because if they can get rid of us, they can get rid of anybody. Malcolm: Mm-hmm. like bro we're like we white non Hispanic people take up like fifty eight percent of the US Hispanic or Latino nineteen to twenty percent black or African American twelve to thirteen percent Asian six to seven percent and then everything else is kind of like ⁓ I mean pretty nudible. Like two or more races, Native American, Native Hawaiian, ⁓ all like three two point two percent, stuff like that. But it's just like You guys are already the majority by long shot, man. Wha wh wh what more do you need from us?