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None of these arguments are explicitly racist (though some come close). All of them contain an element of legitimate concern, though the concerns are generally answerable. But a subtle disdain for Mexicans seems to underlie Perot's objections...
...negotiated the treaty with a small, emerging democracy in Europe instead of brown-skinned Mexico, would Perot be so vehemently opposed? It's doubtful...
...Perot has not made his opposition to NAFTA a simple issue of U.S. best interest. Instead, he has propelled his campaign with attacks targeted directly and specifically at Mexico...
...Some of Perot's arguments against NAFTA appeal blatantly to U.S. xenophobia, with more subtle tugs at racist strings. For example, he warns that Asian and European nations are eager to take advantage of NAFTA by investing in Mexico and sneaking their products across the tariff-free U.S.-Mexico border into the United States--a foreign invasion scenario with ominous undertones of a commercial Pearl Harbor...
This image was presented most starkly by an American who called Larry King from Mexico City last night to address Perot and Gore. "There are thousands of Japanese here," she said. "They are waiting, they are lurking...