Does Vanessa Bryant 'Look Illegal,' Or Just A Little Insincere?

• I have to say that I agree with Vannessa Too.

• Why is she worried about hispanic issues when she looks black?

• Actually,yeah...she DOES look like an illegeal. Her parents are both wetbacks. If she were not married to this rapist, she would be shopping at K-mart, pushing a cart full of dirty kids. Or maybe she would be working in some Mexian restaurant, waiting tables and she would be asked to show a green card. This woman is just as much of a pig as her husband is for abusing her Hispanic maid. So much for her "Latina pride". What a jerk this plastic, materialitic, vapid, stupid and uneducated woman is.

• You really gotta laugh at these slutty Country Club Marxists....

• DO I LOOK ILLEGAL? is that the question that vanessa asked omg! this is the same person who showed her pride in her people buy calling her latio maid slow lazy stupid etc etc and not to touch her child, WOW, that shirt she wore was just for her attention because she unwarrantly treated the maid with no respect vanessa bryant is such a hypocrite she says what some of the pro arizona politicians and others think about the latina community which is so sad WHAT WILL VANESSA BRYANT DO NEXT TO EMBARRASS KOBE theirs no way he wouldve told her to apologize to the maid and try to keep the maid on if vanessa was justified in how she treated the maid. common sense

• Hey Enrique when you are a refugee, normally you ask the country to allow you to stay. You don't just squat on the land and take in free food and shelter (see Alvarado Blvd). Have a baby not knowing if you'll ever make enough money to support it! Then use that baby to burden a system to the brink of bankrupcy, that was meant to be a safety net for the citizens of that country. Then run around talking about your rights and showing allegiance to the country that forced your monkey a%& to look here for work in the first place! Oh and Benito last I checked didn't hear about africans or Irishmen bringing dope across the border, who do we check for at the border? We'll see how you feel when L.A. becomes the Oaxca of cali. I'm sure that will give you guys a real sense of pride and open up many oportunities! (see high school drop out rate for latino families)of course this probably does not apply to most well to do latino families. why would you expect an illegal immigrant to follow any laws if the premise of one being here is unlawful. I think Mexico is a great place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there (see Mexican Drug wars)! And from Californias'last count neither do the Mexicans. I don't go anyware without proper I.D. (see alvarado blvd if you want someone elses identity!)Be Legit nuff said!

• helll yeaaaa. DO I LOOK ILLEGAL? lol. kobe shoulda wore one too!!! GO LAKERS. GO CALI. GO MEXICO

• After reading all the comments it just shows the L.A. Is full of people who support criminals. I wonder how all these people would feel if they have been a VICTIM of a crime commit by a illegal alien. My family member was nearly killed by a drunk driving illegal alien, who served no jail time and fled to who knows where. probaply mexico. Guess what i am Mexican,so stop making excuses for not being legal get your dam green card or become a citizen its not that hard all i hear are excuses. My family came here with green cards and now we are all US citizens. When we had green cards we carried them every where we went right next to are drivers license. & What is everyone afraid of the Arizona law?? why is everyone so scared? i can careless if they pull me over because of my skin color, i have nothing to hide. Most people who comment on it( arizona law) have not even read the law. spreading BS. Alot LATINOS are giving law abiding LATINOS A BAD NAME. Do it the right way come here LEGAL, stop making excuses.

• RobE, the law doesn't go into effect until the end of July. It's a good law and should be enforced along with all our other immigration laws. If people want to live in a lawless, socialist country then move to one. America is a Constitutional Republic!

• She is a gold digger, enough said!

• Do citizens who work everyday pay taxes? Yes, if they don't what happens? Jail!!!! So it's illegal to be here and it's ilegal to not pay taxes. They make US dollars and they send it back home. It has nothing to do with being a racist. It has everything to do with this crap has totally gotten out of hand. I have a friend who married has 5 babies with two illegal aliens, and one legal permanent resident, the other two both were deported, the last child's father she goes and visits in Mexico. Guess what? The two times she came home, I swear she came back pregnant and she is on welfare. And she is born and raised here. (she too think the law is being racist) Get your papers the right way like many other people that have VISAS, LPR cards, naturalization of their citizenship. Why should they not go the correct route while others choose to follow and respect the laws of a country that they would like to be a part of? I think it's selfish to say that supporters are being called racist for this. It is ridiculous and you know it. I carry my valid government issued identification/drivers license everywhere because it is the law. I sure as hell expect for others to adhere to it as well. If you care about them so much help them get their paperwork, and file it for their asses!! Otherwise, shut the h*&& up!!! And the criminal aspect of it is this: Yes citizens commit crimes and they go to jail where they should be, I don't mind paying the taxes. But now you are illegal and committing crimes,I still gotta pay for them to be housed. If they were at home doing their crimes in their own country would either hang em, shoot him, and treat them really bad in their jails, what im getting at is, they would be in THEIR country doing it, not here!!! Every country I went to asked for my damn passport, coming and going. What do you think would happen to me if I illegally went to another country? Ponder that.

• Kudos Vanessa? Are you kidding me? For those who think that she is standing up for illegal immigrants because she wore a damn t-shirt you have got to be joking. She is young and she probably thought it was cute. Vanessa doesn't give a damn if they go or stay. And futhermore what does she have to lose either way, NOTHING!!!!She has a husband that has millions, so her resources are not being sucked away. She doesn't have a problem getting Medical,Childcare, her children enrolled in school. Illegal aliens have no affect on her at all. She isn't even nice to the people that work for her. So don't run with the tshirt people, it was merely for shock value. Hell the only time she comes to the ghetto is to see her husband play.

• a couple of points. NOT EVERY illegal comes to commit a crime; as a matter of fact, A VAST MAJORITY does not. Not ALL Arizona kidnappings or other crime is commited by an illegal; as a matter of fact, MOST crimes are commited by LEGAL individuals. Also, racist or not, this law will NOT curve the illegal immigration as long as economy here is better than it is South. Finally, regardless of illegal immigration being stopped or not, the ones already here will only leave when THEY decide. There are plenty of under-the-table jobs in the U.S. including Arizona to sustain entire families.

• Lucy, you are awesome! Your comment is very insightful...on point. You have made an intelligent assessment. Yes, there are far more Latino and Latino Americans who are more deserving of admiration, in my opinion, YOU are one. Take care.

• Is there some part of the Arizona law that states it only targets Mexicans? There illegal aliens of every color.

• if she wants to wear a shirt, why are people going to hate. It's a shirt, that has nothing to do with her wealth or her husband. People that just attack her personal life when the story is about a shirt are just classless. For those saying that Arizona is the ground zero of mexico's drug wars and everything is worse in Arizona need to shut the hell up. The are more deaths in Juarez Mexico than there is in Afghanistan or Irag. El Paso Texas is just a 10 minute walk away and the city is one of the safest in the U.S. So don't blame it all on immigration. Hire better officers and border patrol and there won't be the need to have laws that cause this backlash. Yes there need to be laws to stop crime from illegal immigration but it should be well thought out.

• But don't start applauding because I highly doubt MEXICANS will leave peacefully.

• This sh!* is crazy ppl. want to speak up about her not treating fair her maid but have a mouth full of blodge to say about the immigration WHAT FAKE ASS POPE ARE YOU. Isn't that about a @#$%^. I don't think that mexicans are the only ones doing wrong and if you are REALLY FREE of wrong doing stand up if not just sit your a$$ down. How many politicians, police officers etc. have tails on them. I love it how ppl are quick to tounge slash but i got some for you too. People that are OATHED to the SENATE, TO SERVE AND PROTECT how many have went out of their marriage and had affairs? How many officers have beaten people & say that its ok that the law allows them to hahaha isn't that something. Teachers haveing sex with their own students. Typical trying to find others at fault for their wrongful doings. So who's going to throw them out for acting stupid? Like "anyways" says all they get is 2-5 yrs and thay maybe even serve less with good conduct and the rest is probation or parole you honestly think this is fair? Then America needs to worry about your kids their going to be off the hook look at the things you agree & disagree with. Another point i agree with is the closest to black is brown and if your either or your guaranteed a trip to jail for an X amt. of time, thats if of course the respected officials didn't plant anything on you right? It's amazeing how ppl. want to water things down like it's not happening. You know what mexicans are'nt the only ones illegal here there's alot of other ppl. too but the ones to "stand out" are mexicans wow. What mexicans should do is take their trip back to mexico and when they see anyone that don't belong there run his/her a$$ out of mexico see how they like it.

• why does it matter if immigrants are here the world is still fucked up and mostly everybody in it to late for a change 95 percent of people that are fucked up are white's who rape and murder to satisfy their own low self images and all they get are 2 to 5 years yet a black man go sell a joint and he gets life wake the fuck up people

• who gives a fuck she is clueless probably has no idea what is really going on and just wants to be noticed she is a fuckin idiot that would do anything to stay where she is because if she wasnt fuckin kobe she would probably be illegal her damn self and she has no right to treat her maids like trash and she sleeps with trash she is just as low as she thinks anyone else is

• love it! Go Vanessa! Go Kobe!! Go Lakers! i still love phil jackson. lol

• Can any of you spell ILLEGAL? Get a life!

• i love the people that are against the bill.... "we need them, who else is gonna pick our lettuce and fruit???!" that is more racist then asking them to immigrate legally. anyone who has a problem with a legal system of immigration is not truly an american who wants to see all the lovely things they have around them last. they are only thinking about themselves and not the future of this great nation. and if you really think its fair, if i see an idiot wearing a do i look illegal shirt i will cut them in line at the supermarket... when they complain ill say "hey, wait a minute... i just am doing what you believe in"

• So elegantly put,but i'm sure that law didn't get passed just because Americans are tired of haed working people.But nice try though.This is about the one that come here illeagally and cause trouble,That who you and everyone shouled be mad at!Arizona became kidnapping capital of the world due to mexico and border violence.So check yourself for you try to muster sympathy on the wrong reasons.

• to all the the haters in here it shouldnt matter who werars that shirt i'll go ahead and wear muthaf*^&^% and let them ask me for my papers so what i'll purposely say i dont got it and let them treat me like the piece of sh!* they got at home when they confirm with my prints that indeed i am an american citizens then your tax many is going to go to me i highly doubt they'll (officers) be getting it becasue they're going to be faceing a huge lawsuit that they're own babies wont be able to pay. My babies will be set for a long time. This is crazy ppl. mad because mexicans came to work and made it happen right underneath your nose. The opportunity was givin to americans they didn't take advantage of it and now you want to sit there and complain and dont assume because you make an ass out of yourself. So go ahead and prepare your little children to mow lawns, pick the fruit & vegetables, work at a restaurant and what else... oh and be maids.Mexicans did it all, an honest paying job is all that mattered to get payed not to give it up from one day to the next thats what our parents fought for "DONT FORGET WHERE YOU CAME FROM" be grateful because if it weren't for them YOU wouldn't be here. Now you want to act high maintenance because your status changed man on me nothing has changed but the name on the mail. My family brothers and sisters my kids mother and father are set the unfortunate ones are my aunts and uncles here. They helped build part of California and all they get is a kick in the ass. As for Vanessa if she wore it good and if she didn't good we make her famous by talking about her she not giving a flyin hoot about us talking good or bad about her. The same way she got herself to wwear that shirt she can get herself out. Thats the reason why we in this mess because NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO MIND THEIR OWN BUISNESS.

• I hope that every American, regardless of where he lives, will stop and examine his conscience about this and other related incidents. This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. All of us ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated, but this is not the case. I know the proponents of this law say that the majority approves of this law, but the majority is not always right. Would women or non-whites have the vote if we listen to the majority of the day, would the non-whites have equal rights (and equal access to churches, housing, restaurants, hotels, retail stores, schools, colleges and yes water fountains) if we listen to the majority of the day? We all know the answer, a resounding, NO! Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all who wish to be free. In a time of domestic crisis men of good will and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics and do what is right, not what is just popular with the majority. Some men comprehend discrimination by never have experiencing it in their lives, but the majority will only understand after it happens to them.

• Wearing the shirt does not solve the problems of illegal immigration. Vanessa is not touched by any of the issues illegal immigration causes. I too do not begrudge her wealth. But she can afford to remove herself from situations that most of us cannot. We all have to prove we are citizens in order to work in this country. Are we now going to protest EVERY state in the union for requiring us to do this? Do we ask our employer "Do I look illegal"?. NO, we just gladly provide our papers and take the job! This is not about RACISM!! It's about ILLEGAL immigration into this country and the problems that arise from it! Grow up my latin brothers and sisters. Do things legally and join us in becoming Americans! Isn't that why our parents came to this country?

• She wore a frickin shirt people not challenge civil rights!Are you kidding me?

• PLease,Go Arizona!Funny how most of the population in arizona wanted this bill enforced!All you "do i look illeagal)plz!!!Most people don't want to look at the why,why would a state decide to enforce this law.MMM maybe because its chaos in that state.They need that law in Cali.Got illeagal live 2 doors down and they can't keep their kids from terrorizin this whole apt complex.So unless you gone through something don't judge Arizona come up with solutions to keep the border safe!Dang you people have some nerve,to look up to a golddigging ho like VAnessa Bryant.Any of you that had a husband that anal sexed a stranger in Co. while getting surgery and take him back for a nice rock....YA'll crazy save your admiration for a Latina who done more than nabbed a over sexed NBA Star.

• The fact is the AZ police can pull her over and make her prove her citizenship just because they have a bug up their ass. This is sanctified profiling at it's worst. I can be pulled over for driving a nice car, just like my Emmy award winning brother was. He had to prove his citizenship to some non-indigenous white guy. As an AZ native, I can say this is nothing new.

• I am a proud American and I am Proud of Vanessa for standing up as a public figure protesting not just for Latino rights but for human rights!!! In my best spanish: Como persona y como mujer estoy orgullosa de ti!!!

• American Guy just made my day, how can someone be that ignorant. lmao after reading that i would never assume your racist.

• Yes, you do.

• I couldn't agree with American Guy more!

• What an ass Gustavo is! Instead of being pleased with Vanessa Bryant's brave little stand against what is happening in Arizona, this twit attacks her. In a small way its an example of how Latino's are their own worst enemy...

• What an ass Gustavo is! Instead of being pleased with Vanessa Bryant's brave little stand against what is happening in Arizona, this twit attacks her. In a small way its an example of how Latino's are their own worst enemy...

• American Guy: I am an American just like you, and I am against this law. If you are for this law, you should immediately go pick me some lettuce and cotton, because I will not be doing it, and you obviously are.

• if you are a tax paying citizen of the united states of america, you should be 100% behind this law. if you are not a tax paying citizen who gets free healthcare and benifits at our expense, shut up and go back where you came from. sorry, i have no sympathy. this is not to prevent immigration. this is to help keep the trash out and encourage people to immigrate legally. if you are a legal citizen, why are you freaking out? the cops are doing nothing but verifying your citizenship of this great nation. i am sorry Mexico sucks, but is that our fault? should we have to pay for your crappy situation? according to the far left, the answer is yes and yes. how is that fair to the hard working, tax paying citizens? to the people screaming racism: it is not a racist law, you fools! why don't you take the time to read it like i did? ignorance is bliss, eh? guess it's easier to get defensive than take the time to gather facts.

• We know that the Arizona law is nothing more than an excuse to racially profile any brown skin with an Indian face and a Spanish last name! For those who are Latinos and don't see the harm of this law, I encourage you to visit Arizona without your birth certificate and see how you get treated and looked at by Anglo-Arizonians. That law is meant to take pride out of Latinos. We are not saying that We Latinos are not proud Americans, because We are and for those that say that Mexicans want the Southwest back into Mexican Government hands are just spreading FEAR. We know that Mexico is a FAIL State and in the U.S. we have the Constitution that WE Lations also fight for and strongly believe in(look at the Military and you will see alot of Brown faces and Spanish last names). The problem lies in the Employers who abuse the ECONOMIC REFUGEES (not illegal immigrants or undocumented immigrants), but you will never hear the term "ECONOMIC REFUGEES" use in the media or by any politician in the U.S. or Mexico or any other country because that will shed light in the FAIL POLICIES that our elected officials pass!!! and thats the truth!!!!!!!!!!

• I note that the businesses that use illegal aliens are held responsible. While I understand your position, it is ultimately the consumer that supports this practice. We want to pay the absolute bottom dollar for everything. We buy products produced in nations with their own human rights issues- why? because it is cheaper than the same product made in USA. You can stop all of this by being an informed consumer and being willing to pay the price. Until then, YOU are supporting this practice. Does not matter what your illegal alien position is in reality if you do not walk the walk.

• Criticize Ms. Bryant all you want, but the fact is that Arizonans, including law enforcement, are doing nothing about illegal immigration even with SB 1070. Why? All those tourist hotels in Arizona? The employees are likely up to 80% illegals. Yet, we have yet to see one raid on any hospitality business in Arizona nor have we seen one employer go to jail or be assessed a big fine. That goes for the restaurant, agricultural and landscaping businesses in Arizona. You start locking up the people who are the root cause of the problem, the business owners and managers who want cheap labor, and the illegal immigration problem will evaporate. But that will never happen because those businessmen and women are the GOP donor base. And Republican governor Brewer is knowingly allowing these business to keep their illegal alien employees even though it is a crime in AZ now to ignore such violations. Brewer and her AG should both be impeached as a result. It will never happen, though. Because you only get arrested in AZ if you are a brown skinned person with no connections or wealth.

• To me, she looks like a gold-digger...which I guess, is insincere. And I say that as a Latina. Seriously, how sad is it to look for ethnic pride in Vanessa Bryant, simply because she decides to wear a tee shirt proclaiming something that, in reality, means very little for someone in her position. How does wearing that tee-shirt makes a wealthy, pampered woman brave and deserving of admiration? Is she in any danger of being stopped and humiliated by cops while riding her luxury car through Rodeo Drive? Is she really risking arrest or deportation for not having proof of citizenship with her? Why should this lady, whom, let's not forget, has been accused of abusive behavior by a former Latina housekeeper, suddenly becomes a source of Latina pride? Is there something in her life as a trophy wife -some great social contribution - that I am missing? Because I'm certain that her new tee-shirt -- which might have meant more had she worn it at a game in Phoenix -- is of little consequence to those Latino immigrants in Arizona, legal and illegal, who are now the target of a discriminatory law. Let's not turn this lady into some sort of Hispanic Rosa Parks, which she is definitely not. There are, after all, other Latinas who are far more deserving of admiration.

• Her ex maid was from PERU and I believe she is legal here. Get your facts straight instead of assuming because it was her maid she was illegal.

• YOU GO GIRL!! IM GETTING ME A COUPLE OF THOSE SHIRTS FOR MY GIRLS AND I!!! and I dare one question me since I'm LATINA!

• Kudos to Vanessa!

• Thats awesome! (That she wore that tee shirt).

• Vanessa, Thank you for being a proud Latina and standing up for what you believe in. This is a very good cause. Racial Profiling must stop.

• Vanessa, We are PROUD of you! You are a Strong Latina supporting a very good cause. Stop Racism! Stop Racial Profiling! Boycott Arizona!

• Vanessa Bryant--whom decided not to divorce Kobe Bryant after he put it in Kate Faber's behind who then later lied that it was rape but recanted, after she got from him a $4 Million tennis bracelet--is once again showing the rest of us what the world likes like in the eyes of someone living in a multimillion dollar house in a gated community. No, this isn't about class warfare or envy of the rich. I am a proud supporter of capitalism, and acknowledge that Mr. Bryant works his behind off every single night to earn the millions he collects from the Los Angeles Lakers. I do not begrudge him or his family for being wealthy. What I am talking about is the myopia from which some people with a certain lifestyle tend to suffer. When you are discretely escorted about town in SUVs with limo-tint in upscale communities and the only thing you hear when illegal immigration comes up are the one-sided stories the talking heads on television uncritically repeat, it is pretty easy to take ignorant positions on the issue. Alas, Vanessa Bryant has almost certainly not read Arizona state bill 1070, nor any of the objective analysis on it that discusses legal precidents such as the threshold for reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Alas, Mrs. Bryant is probably not affected by the Mexican civil war that has spilled over the border and into Arizona, resulting in escalating carnage and chaos. She does not live in Phoenix, a city averaging a kidnapping a day. Arizona has become Ground Zero for all of the raping, shootings, murders and torture at the hands of the drug cartels and coyotes but all she knows is that white people in the state legislature passed a law that has something to do with people of a darker complexion. Her righteous indigniation carries no credibility whatsoever, but because she is the wife of one of the greatest NBA players of all time, we all get to talk about it anyway.

• What a self-absorbed knuckle head. Poor Kobe. Ironically, Vanessa has an alleged history of being horrible to her illegal alien maids.

• Props to Vanessa and Kobe

• So immature! GO SUNS!

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