Video: Toki Wright - By the Time I Get to Arizona 2010

Dear Friends, Family, and Allies,

On Friday, April 23rd 2010 at approximately 1:30pm Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona signed into law the most aggressive bill against undocumented residents in the United States. Under Senate Bill 1070 (SB 1070) local police departments have been given the authority to identify, detain, and deport anyone they deem to be illegally in the US based solely on their suspicion. Yet we ask, "what does illegal look like?"

We the people believe that this is not only a decision deeply rooted in racism, but also a political plot to cause disruption between the State and Federal government at the expense of hard working families. The same stigma that has plagued people of color in unfair hiring and housing practices, education, police profiling and more has now been passed into so-called "law." Law is nothing but an opinion reinforced by intimidation. Also, how can you call someone else illegal when you live on stolen land?



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We won't take this sitting down. Resist. Fight.

In Solidarity,
Toki Wright
Rhymesayers/Soultools

Director: Adam J Dunn
Editor: Adam J Dunn
Producer: Chris Cloud for MPLS.TV
Co-Director of Photography: Shannon Reddy
Co-Director of Photography: Zeke the Freak

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