Question about mexicans, latins or hispanics? (which ever one it is)?

Question

I really really really hope this doesnt come out sounding rude but im just wondering. Why does it always seem like mexicans are always the ones getting arrested by police, and why does it seem like they always causing trouble? Maybe its just the ones who came into the states illegally? And how come they always seem so stand-off ish to other races? I'm just wondering....im sorry if that came out bad.

Answer 1

Are you Mexican? You seem to know so much about them

Answer 2

There are a couple other races to come off as stand offish. But I am not going to name them because I know some people on here would be highly offended and may take what I say too far. I'm half hispanic and I'm not like that. Maybe it is because some people are pretty immature and think anything is "disrespecting" to them, any race. Ever see how one person can look at another for what they consider too long and it starts a fight?

Answer 3

You just need to get to know people in different situations. If you keep judging people on how they act on the streets then will see the worse of them because when your on the streets you need to maintain a certain edge because s h i t is real out there. But if you get to know people in a different setting like a classroom then you will find people there of all races to be pretty cool.

Answer 4

they are my brothers and sisters, and I am theirs.

"There are only two races in the world...the DECENT and the INDECENT.

To which race do you belong?"

- Jedediah Bartman
(Deathbed Confession, Part V)

Answer 5

im mexican and im not like that but my whole family is white wash and i practically dont look like one and im a model but i see where youre coming from
i think its the illegal ones because theyre parents are poor and they dont have love in their house so they find it in gangs as a brotherhood
lol im smart

Answer 6

there are more Caucasians in prison than any other race so why are Caucasians always getting arrested ?

Answer 7

I'm choosing to believe you are honest in your question and not trolling.

Some may think your question came out bad but I can understand both your uncertainty in how to word it and the legitimacy of your question.

First, I will point out that not all Latinos ("Latins" would be closer to defining ancient Romans, though an understanding of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin would be truly necessary to make this distinction. Only over-educated jerks (and I mean that sincerely) really know why there is any difference).

Certainly not all people of Latino heritage, nor those arrested with this heritage, are Mexican. Many of us (even I) tend to assume so because Mexico is simply more familiar.

I will henceforth use the term "Latino" as it suggests anyone of Latin-based heritage. Portuguese, French, and Spanish are Latin based languages. Thus the term "Latin America" and my use of "Latino."

Ok, heritage and linguistics lecture over.

Latinos seem to be arrested more as much as black people do. Blacks are, actually, arrested even more frequently. It is all related to poverty and racial profiling.

Poverty leads people to do things they wouldn't otherwise doe. Desperate times require desperate actions, and all that. Most people living in poverty are black or Latino. In great part it is because the assumptions we (even better off blacks and Latinos) make about their abilities as well as the lack of concern in America over [even just] elementary education in poverty stricken areas (yeah, pay your extra taxes for your sweet neighbourhoods and demand the money be spent only on schools for the acceptable children in your acceptable community. Kids in other areas don't count). It's hard enough to get ahead when so many are full of hatred and bigotry. It's infinitely harder when you are born and raised to know that doing what is legally and, even, morally right can kill you as quickly as the gangs any day. One does what one needs to in order to survive. Jail may not be desirable but it is surviving.

Just try to imagine living like that. Try to imagine jail and drive bys as a normal part of life; as a part of life you learn to accept as soon as you learn to speak. It certainly isn't right (especially in that those of us born without such a reality still continue to allow it. We continue to allow 2 year olds to live this way. We aren't even coming close to changing it) but it is the way life is in such communities. You think some playground fight was tough to deal with? What if you knew, going into that fight, that the other person would not let you leave it alive even if you "won" it by non-deadly means? What if not showing up to the fight invited a bullet just as much as losing it?

And what if your mother were working 80 hours or more per week, 7 days per week, and 52 weeks per year just to get minimum wage to get the basic needs of survival for a family of 5 with no father? Or your father with no mother? What if you saw him or her doing everything by the book and working harder than most of the country while still living in poverty? Would you think it so wrong to break the law to simply help your parent? It's not like you can turn to your teachers as a moral compass. You live in the ghetto. Teachers here get paid just as poorly and have to deal with far worse issues than any other community could even dream of. You get the teachers who simply won't be hireable anywhere else. You may be astoundingly lucky and get one of the rare few teachers who could have their pick of schools but choose an inner city school because that is where the best teachers are truly needed even if their pay is still below the poverty level.

So, yeah, that's the first point. Poverty. Not stealing from a major corporation or mugging someone showing off their wealth does seem pretty minor when your parents are struggling just to be able to buy diapers and put even Raman noodles on the table.

(Forgive my passion. My anger is not directed at you. You are actually trying to understand. My anger is directed at those who simply won't be bothered.)

The second point is racial profiling.

When I moved to CA I bought a bike at a yard sale to ride around the city, locally, just for a little extra exercise. I went to my regular store to buy cigarettes. The Latino cashier noticed my bike was not licensed. (In LA it is law). I told him I thought it wouldn't matter because the bike was a piece of c**p. No sane thief would even bother with it. He told me that even with his bike licensed he gets stopped almost daily. I've had my bike, unlicensed, for 4 years and never had it's ownership questioned. I'm a white girl, why would I steal a bike?

I dated a Latino guy. He is one of the kindest, sweetest, and, even, most naive people I know. He's smart and very talented in his field, but he would give anything to anyone who asks, trust anyone, and never break any law. He regularly gets pulled over even though he doesn't speed, run lights, or anything, seriously. I know, I've been with him when it happens. What's saddest is that the officers respond much more respectfully when I speak. I'm a confident, educated, white girl. Suddenly the officer is willing to let "it" go even without a warning. I speed, run lights (though not intentionally, I'm actually saying out loud, even by myself, "ohs**tohs**tohs**t" as soon as I realize my mistake) and the only time I've ever been pulled over was for doing 81 in a 55 zone in Maine. I deserved that one.

But he's Latino. It's just assumed that he shouldn't be driving the car he does, that he is doing something wrong, and that he will, even when stopped illegaly, will give the officer cause to search and find out exactly what his Latino @&& was doing wrong.

What's worse is that, until he met me (and I hope without my whiteness by his side he can still find he confidence to do on his own) he would allow illegal searches, he would, even, accept bogus tickets, simply because he accepted that police are corrupt and there was nothing he could do about it. If he fought it like most angry people he knew he'd only make it worse. I'd calmly, respectfully, and, above all else, politely challenge the officer without threatening him. We'd even make small talk while he was awaiting the results of his background check. I'd find ways to relate and joke that he could appreciate. Heck, once I even bonded with an officer over physics when I allowed him to search my back pack (while refusing him to search my BFs car) when he found physics books in it and a calculator even my physics profs salivated over. Turns out he had gotten his BS (I still love the double entendre of a BS degree!) in physics.

Point is: We accept racial profiling because most non-white collar crimes are committed by non-whites. In accepting this and allowing it we give even good cops reasons to abuse it and hurt innocent, truly innocent, people.

If there is no direct evidence, no tape or video, no witnesses, no real evidence (gun in hand or, let alone found and registered to the accused) and you're on a jury who would you believe? A police officer who says he had a real reason to believe the accused is the criminal (heck, even say the officer says he saw him do it) and a Latino from a poor background who says the opposite? What if it was a white person from a good background? All it takes is reasonable doubt. If the only evidence you have are the testimonies of the officers involved and the person accused can you honestly say you would hang a jury that is pressuring you to agree with them simply because an officer of the law is more likely to be honest than a Latino who grew up in a ghetto? Can you honestly say that a white person who grew up in a "respectable" community won't get more benefit of doubt when all you have is one person's word against the other?

All too often this is how so many Latinos are found guilty. An officer who pulls over a Latino for nothing but changes his tune when a white girl is present, apologies for the inconvenience, and all, is assumed to be right when the charges are greater than a traffic violation simply because he is a officer. And the Latino is assumed guilty because he is Latino, no matter that there is absolutely no proof that he is. No matter that he didn't do anything wrong.

Illegal immigration has nothing to do with it except that people (even officers) tend to assume any Latino immigrant is illegal. Seriously, out of all the crimes committed how many do you hear of being committed by illegal aliens? Now how many of those might be found guilty because of the ridiculous assumption that police don't lie?