how would whites feel ?

Question

living a life of latino. if everything was unfair you were treated different because english is not your first language. you had a hard time getting a job no matter how hard you tried and its no exsuse i am qualified. you are called lazy because your latino.

get unpaid because your not white

Answer 1

Um I'm going to pretend that the parallel is me moving to Germany. I don't speak German so I would assume it would be hard for me to get a job until I do speak German. Many people speak English there but I would feel obligated to learn the language rather than piss and moan and expect everyone to talk down to me in English. If I refused to learn German then I wouldn't be surprised if people called me lazy. I *would* be lazy. If it's you're first couple of years in America then people ought to be understanding but I've seen people that got driver's licences in this country over a decade ago but they don't know enough English to understand when I've asked them to swipe their credit card. I know there's not an official language in this country but the fact of the matter is that business dealt in this country is done so primarily in English. You appear to speak English well enough to get by so I don't see why this bothers you. I only say this because I know I would hold myself to the exact same standards if I ever decided to emmigrate to another country.

Answer 2

You know there are always going to be people that think they should be some kind of priviledged class based on colour, gender, religion, politics, money, whatever. This is unfair and a real human flaw. It gets me incredibly angry.

Anyone who is in their right mind knows it would feel like crap, demoralizing, frustrating...it's wrong. We are sometimes a little too much like dogs always worried about the 'hierchy'.

The world has a long way to go in terms of fairness. Education and communication are the keys to all that. People need to communicate their stories and listen to each other genuinely, so that when it gets really tough to listen, and boy! does it get tough! then we have some hope of understanding each other.

It is an ongoing process too, as someone already pointed out. It may be Latino one day and the Irish the next. You would think we would learn how to do this better wouldn't you?

Someone said to me the other day that they liked the US melting pot idea better than multi-culturalism in Canada. I don't think the melting pot works at all well from what I hear about the amount of segregation and racial issues you have delt with in the US. Our system isn't perfect iether, but it has some strong points.

So, good luck. You're sure not alone! The world changes one person at a time. Which sucks. It is never fast enough for some one. But at least there is change.

Move on, keep going and don't let the negative stop you. Don't assume either, not everyone thinks like that. I have eight years of college and university education and I still can't get a decent job. I am a white female. So there you go. I get treated like an idiot too sometimes and it is really offensive. I have an IQ of 129. IQ's are biased or slanted so whatever I know. My point is, that humans don't show a lot of depth somtimes, too many times! Everyone should treat each other with respect. Argh!

Peace!Best of luck to you. You may have to consider moving to a more cosmopolitan area, I don't know. Is there anywhere else in the States that has a better outlook?

Answer 3

I wouldn't like it. It's not fair, but that's the nature of life...unfair. That means that if YOU want to succeed then you have to distinguish yourself from all the other Latinos, by trying HARDER, by HAVING A MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDE, by LEARNING THE LANGUAGE BETTER AND FASTER. Anything you can do to show prospective employers that YOU are different from all the others who are different.

Look at people from other countries who came here and overcame the language barrier, or the racial barrier and became big successes and shining examples for everyone else, even an inspiration to natives like me.

Don't focus on the people who say "oh woe is me, i can't get a job, I can't this or that". Focus on the winners like: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lena Nozizwe, Jorge Ramos, and the list goes on and on.

This is America, the Promised Land, the land of opportunity. With a positive attitude and a lot of effort anybody can do almost anything!

Don't get discouraged, cariña, Hang in there. You can do it!

Answer 4

I live near a city that the white population is actually the minotiry. It's becoming almost impossible for anyone else to get jobs because the immigrants moving there work cheaper than they can afford. Things may be this way where you are, but not everywhere. And it's actually a little racist to think that being white makes things easier. I can guarantee you that having pale skin hasn't helped me at all in my life. Sometimes you have to fight and struggle to get anything no matter what color your skin is.

Answer 5

Ever heard of the Irish race? The signs saying "No Irish need apply", "Irish not welcome", working for 1/2 a cent while others worked for 5, spoke Gaelic or Irish/English language so everyone knew they were Irish. Oh, and the Irish are nothing but drunks. There are so many similarities to the plight of the Irish in America 150 years ago, to the immigrant issues dealing with your culture and people today.

Answer 6

Latinos are not called lazy. If you are qualified the they shouldn't turn you down.
You know, sometimes I wish we could all switch races for a day, just to see how It would be in another persons shoe's. Then maybe we would realize why people do what they do.

Answer 7

umm, excuse me, but I am american and I go into amercian supermarkets and can hardly read the labels anymore because there is "latino" writing all over them, it pretty much covers up the english writing. get on free insurance and food stamps, that's what all the latinos do that live in my town!
i am so sick of people crying over all this crap! everyone has a hard time sometimes and it's not because of who you are. i have been turned down for jobs when i was qualified maybe because they found someone that was even more qualified than me. what could i blame that on? call the labor board if you feel you are discrimninated against. I think america has made it really easy on everyone.

Answer 8

Wow white America has proven its own ignorance if I am to judge by the answers you were given. I am fortunate to be Canadian it just so happens that I am also "white" having mostly Norse and European ancestors - I cannot help that any more than someone in Ecuador can help being descended from Spaniards. In this world there is inequality forced upon those who aren't "white" and I find it to be appalling. Sorry - really really wish it weren't so. But take heart my dear - you would not be treated that way in Canada - We (sadly not all but most) do not think that you are less because of your background and in fact we appreciate your ethnicity as part of the overall colourful mosaic of humanity!

Answer 9

First of all am I legal or illegal. If I was legal then I would see it as unfair because america is supposed to be the land of opprotunity, but if I was illegal I would feel guilty about taking jobs away from others but at the same time its not my fault. I believe that the reason many hispanics and those who come from Mexico have it hard. But!! I feel that in the case of most white Americans or Americans in general its not fair to us because we get jobs taken away from us. Many (not all) Mexicans come here and feel that is the USAs job to take care of them. Well its not. They blame us that we don't equalize them into society. They give the USA alot of crap but you dont see them telling their government anything. Their government is supposed to take care of them. They should complain to their own government first! And!! if they want to come to America I wish they would make it legal, then many of americans probably wouldn't have a problem. Oh and by the way I am half Mexican, my father is Mexican and he worked hard to get to America.....legally!

Answer 10

I'm sorry, but I totally disagree with you. I grew up in California where there is a large Mexican population. I never witnessed any hatred toward the latins, and many of them were my best friends.
Many whites admire the Mexicans for their strong work ethic and most have strong family values. In the city I grew up in (Fresno)
many of the jobs went to the Mexicans rather than whites, because most employers wanted someone who was bi-lingual.
I'm sorry you feel this way --- but I just don't see it.