On November 28, 2006, Tancredo was quoted in several news sources as referring to the city of Miami, Florida as a "Third World country"
it was supose to say * cuban immigrants * but i did not had enough space .
how do u feel about tancredo acusing the cubans ( which he apparently is ) of converting Miami in a third world country ???
2007-01-05 13:06:23 · 16 answers · asked by game over loves evanescence 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
do u belive Tancredo thinks Cubans are a low class ???????
2007-01-05 13:08:51 · update #1
do u believe the same about the cubans ???
2007-01-05 13:11:35 · update #2
i headr than once cuba is fred it will become a very important eceonomical partner of the USA , how will Tancredo comments help or disrup such future partneship ???
2007-01-05 13:14:30 · update #3
i do not agree with tancredos comments at all but i wanted to know why does he do it and how could affect the USA his point of view .
2007-01-05 13:16:29 · update #4
very interesting although it seems like tancredo is refering to all Cubans in Miami and to cubans in Cuba too .
2007-01-05 13:26:08 · update #5
iHave you ever been to Miami? I didn't think so. It's my favorite place to visit. Third world, ever been to New Orleans? Houston, Central L.A., the Bronx, parts of Penn State? Do you know that Miami may have more Haitians and Jamaicans along with Domincans even lot's of Germans and Jews? One thing I don't loke is, wrong imformation. I do thrive on truths and facts. I don't know how I paused to add to this ignorance as I've done...
2007-01-05 13:13:39 · answer #1 · answered by lee f 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
i lived and worked in the Miami area for many years. calling it a "third world" country is a bit extreme. I don't believe Miami is as bad as it is because of the Cuban exile community. If it is a "third world country" it is because the middle class seems to represent a far smaller percentage of the overall population there than it does elsewhere in the U.S.A. Miami-Dade County has rampant government corruption, failing public infrastructure, horrible public schools, and vast numbers of people living in persistent poverty (persons for whom the affluent of South Florida generally seem to have no concern). Yet there is also tremendous wealth there. It is the government corruption, bad infrastructure and two class society that causes people to liken it to the third world.
2007-01-05 13:12:41 · answer #2 · answered by GMoney 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The South Americans there (not the Cubans, mind you) refer to Miami as The Capital of South America.
BTW, Tancredo's heritage is not Cuban.
2007-01-05 13:11:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yes, Iheard about this too and have connections in Miami...Tancredo is referring to Mexican Illegals and The Cuban community......Furthermore other info states Trancredo ia referring to the illegals as opposed to the Cubans who have been in Miami fo many years..
Some say that the Mexxicans are coming in feeling "comfortable' in that area....
Cuban Americans need to speak out more about the problem with illegals......
2007-01-05 13:22:25 · answer #4 · answered by cesare214 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Tancredo has the same ideology as Biker on this answer. Biker said:
"I feel he is correct. just about everything there is in spanish and not english. and the population is mostly cuban."
So for people like them speaking Spanish and mostly Hispanic is plural of third world. And then they say it's not racism.
2007-01-05 13:28:57 · answer #5 · answered by Siervocal 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It does look like a third world country, people are very rude , its one of the poorest cities in the states, lowes level of education and cuband think they own this city.
2007-01-09 13:01:04 · answer #6 · answered by Emelec27 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If he said that Miami is like a third world country, did he say it is because of Cuban immigrants? Are you drawing that conclusion by yourself?
I do not know what he meant. Maybe he meant it's because the city is dirty. Maybe he meant because of immigrants. I don't know, because I was not there when he said it and I am not inside his brain.
Please stop trying to put words into his mouth. "Apparently"
2007-01-05 13:29:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
i haven't herd a report like that. show proof please. cubans did not make miami into a 3rd world country. it still belongs to america. i do beleive there are 2 or 3 % cubans in the unites states.
2007-01-05 13:39:51 · answer #8 · answered by igive2shhhhhhhhhhhhh 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I really shouldn't be answering because I am not really familiar with the Cuban plight or what is going on with them......BUT....
I do think that Tancredo is the "David Duke" of our time.
2007-01-05 13:31:48 · answer #9 · answered by sqwirlsgirl 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Did he specify "Cubans"? I like Tancredo; anyone who says what they feel without being PC is cool with me. I would vote for him for President.
2007-01-05 15:08:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋