think you're smarter than that. Unemployment rate means little when we trade one middle management white-collar job for two minimum wage jobs.
I'm smart enough to know that what you just said sounds like a wild hunch. Are you talking about Illegal immigrants coming over the border of Mexico looking for low-paying jobs or are you talking about H-1B visa applicants who come here legally to take high tech jobs? There is a difference , you know.
As for racial hatred, when a group is threatened, it's human nature for them to look for a scapegoat. Leaders often exploit this to turn the group's angst away from themselves
That may, or may not be true. However I'm wondering what group is being threatened and by whom. You haven't been very clear on that critical premise. As I said before, I think the animosity between different ethnic groups in the USA emanates from the super rich who have an interest in keeping all of us apart. Using the media, which they own and control, the American oligarchs can mould both conservative and liberal thinking. The trick is tto pit one group against the other to divert attention away from them. So, the threat you feel is manufactured...or, if not...it was contrived by people in high places with huge financial interests. And they don't give a s*** about party affiliation. They are neither Democrats or Republicans.
Hell, I would wager that some are Russian citizens.