This article was in todays Miami Herald opinion section. I cannot find it on line to post. If someone does please add it.
This has made me so angry that I need everyone's help in sending letters to the paper about it. Their email address for editorials is:

HeraldEd@MiamiHerald.com


U.S. A Melting Pot
Alien. The name itself sounds derogatory. Some TV and radio commentators make it sound as if it is something bad. They thrive on it and make people hate each other in the process.
They have labeled us as alien, foreign to the country, with allegiance to another land, strangers, outsiders. They want to make us feel as if we do not belong.
Hating is not the answer, and we should not return to a time when hating was the standard, when blaming and killing others were common. This country is too noble for that.
Blaming Mexicans, or Hispanics in general, for the use of our resources is just a cheap way of hiding intolerance. Foreigners like me pay taxes and want to make this country better.

Gustavo A. Mendez, Miami