The Rise of American Nationalism?

I'm at the airport right now after having spent most my time this weekend with my family. I love my family. Hardworking, blue-collar, working-class folk. Everything was great, up until my grandmother commenting to my mom on how one of my uncles and some of his friends were almost beaten to death in Texas by a group of racist minutemen. The minutemen waited for them outside of a party and proceeded to beat them with machetes and other assorted weapons. Completely racially motivated, the Hispanic men weren't apprehended crossing the US-Mexican border. I really hope this isn't the beginning of an imminent trend, but if history serves as any sort of guide as to what the future may bring, the future for Hispanics in this country looks bleak. The Skinhead movement in England turned violently nationalistic as a response to a country in an economic recession, a large influx of Pakistani immigrants and the Falkland's War. The working-class Skinheads blamed immigrants for their social problems, though it's almost always the immigrants that keep a faltering economy afloat w/ their cheap labor. Yes, being cheap labor takes jobs away from the Nationals of any country, but Capitalism depends on spending as little as possible for the most work or product, as possible. Capitalism creates need. These Mexican and Hispanic immigrants are doing what anybody else would do, given the circumstances. Most people don't flee to a foreign county to work undesirable jobs, unless their life depends on it. I'd really hate for there to be in increase in violence against Hispanics and Mexicans, but with our economy in a recession, a war that's taking it's toll on the American public and an incessant influx of Mexican Immigrants, aggressive retaliation seems almost inevitable. The rise of the Racist Skinhead movement is one example in history of race violence within a class, but it's one that maybe some of us are familiar with. This isn't a race issue. It's a class issue. Let us hope this incident was just a fluke.