DO U THINK PEOPLE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST tHE HISPANICS IN YOUR LOCAL AREA? WHY?
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USA people also treat muslims as bandits just brake from jail. See what 3 imams had been treaten by USA airport and immigration dept.
135609
The dislike of the Latino community by Caucasians is a fallacy.  There are those who would like to play the issue of illegal immigrants (or undocumented workers, however you prefer) as a race issue.  It is not an issue of race, it is an issue of persons breaking the law and being allowed to do so with impunity.\n\nThere are arguments that these workers are contributing members of society who pay taxes (albeit using stolen or falsified Social Security numbers, another crime).  I agree, they are providing services to American society.  However, the notion that they contributing members is false.  Those that do pay taxes are entitled to a full refund due to their low income status.  In addition, taxpayer funded service are used by these workers at rate much higher than they could ever repay.\n\nLets say for the sake of argument that they do not use any of the safety nets of American society such as welfare, healthcare or food programs.  Their children still attend American schools to the tune of $12,000-$15,000/year for California students.  Multiply this by even two children and you have easily exceeded the maximum INCOME of the workers, much less the small amounts they pay in taxes.\n\nThe problem comes down to frustration from those who have obeyed the law and are paying into the tax system seeing others who have broken the law and are getting full use out of system that those who pay for it are not allowed to use because they make too much money.  It is simply unfair.\n\nAnd before anyone posts that it is unfair that these workers are in such bad straights, that is an issue with the Mexican government that cannot be fixed by the United States unless you are advocating that we invade Mexico and oust their government as we did in Iraq.\n\nI would also like to head off the idea that I am just one of those racist Caucasians as my wife is Mexican, the daughter of a LEGAL immigrant who became a United State citizen.
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You know what?  I hear this all the time with different ethnic groups complaining that some other race does not like them.  Give me a break.  You know what, some people are just feeling sorry for themselves or they are passing the blame of something onto another, like a different race.  I am latino and I don't feel that way.  Alot of my friends are latino and they don't feel that way either.  I have many other friends who are white, black and arab and asian.  We have better things to do and think about than another race is being prejudice toward us.  Those people who think that way need to take a closer look and figure out why they feel that way.  They need to put the blame on themselves.
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Some Americans are so accustomed to hearing only English for the majority of their life that it DOES make them uncomfortable when there are others nearby speaking a foreign language.  I had to laugh at one of my friends when we stopped at a little gas and go place to get some cold drinks on the way home from work. There were two guys behind us in line joking and talking in Spanish. When we got back to the car my friend commented he didn't like it when they spoke gibberish, "they might be saying bad things about me."\nI said, "so what, as long as you don't know it won't hurt."\n\nThe Hispanics were okay with them speaking language foreign to us but guess what happened the next time?\n\nA few days later, we were standing in line at the same store and the same guys came in speaking Spanish. I poked my friend on the arm and said "Just nod your head once in awhile and go along."\nWhen I started speaking to my friend in German, the two Hispanics stopped joking and were looking at us a bit disturbed. Now guess who was uncomfortable? It would seem they too were ill at ease when they couldn't understand what was being said.\n\nI would say it is rude if in a group the people can speak the same language and two of them  switch to another language that excludes the rest. That suggests they have some secret they don't want to share with the group and makes the others feel left out.  \n\nWhen people  are in a multicultural environment they should be expecting to hear other languages. When I was in Vienna, Austria for a week I think I heard 90% of every language on earth. When I heard one I thought was new I would politely ask if anyone could interpret English and I would try to learn what the language was and where it was from. All but one group was complimented that I cared enough to learn about them. But they had no interpreter and that may have caused them to be uncomfortable. For the most part they were glad to share what they knew, proving to me that most people really do have a good heart and a wish to get along with the others in the world.
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Well, you shouln't make the situation so general as in asians are the only ones who go through the situation.  I am from a tropical island (I'm hispanic) and I'm white, blonde and have blue eyes. Whenever I hang out with "white" people I get asked the same question.  And nobody believes me that I'm hispanic, and yes it's very annoying.\n\nAnswer:  A lot of people of different race/ cultures go through the same thing, why? Because a lot of society is very ignorant and feel most comfortable when they categorize things/people and situations.  Being different is at times scary/ uncomfortable for others.  Ignorance.
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yeah i know...hispanics are going through a hard time right with the american goverment and some of the people.is it racism? i don't know because i'm not american.i could never thrash a another person race or religon.
59529
I live in southern cali, and the north cali people act a little wierd around us. I think that us people from the south cant be trusted. We all a little crazy.
571797
Yes to all.  They are racist.  The worst part is they accuse us of being a racist.  Have you ever been to the DMV and everyone else is speaking spanish including the employees?  I have and it's an ugly feeling but because I'm not one of them I can't complain otherwise they'll accuse of being a racist.  sick and tired of that word.
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Spanish speaking people in general (not necessarily people from Spain) are biast against ¨gringos¨ (white people) and see them as a representation of George Bush and the american government.   No one has problems with your skin color or ethnic background, but generally foreigners are associated with whatever their steriotype might be.  For example, white guys are the USA incarnate and its imperialistic government that invades Iraq.  On a more individual basis, most are more than willing to talk with you and hear what you have to say.  Most just loathe the power the United States wields as world police and think they are being picked on some how. It`s like your classic goth-teenager in highschool.  The whole world is different than them and is against them. (shutup!)\n    Its hard to classify an entire people as racist or not.  They are a huge mix of people just like you`d find in any other place.  Huge contributing factors: the news and education level.  Eveyone believes what they see on the TV (everywhere).
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This is my opinion only but I believe that white america has such an influence on how we view others that it can rub off on other races that are new to this country.  I am sure that there are latinos that are flat out racist but I don't think that it is as big a problem as it is with the white race.  I know many many many latinos and they are like my family.
707609
maybe not Mexicans, but yea Hispanic in general or mixed raced people.
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I don't hate Hispanics, I just don't like the fact that there are so many ILLEGAL aliens who are trying to turn American into their own personal country and expecting us to bend over backwards for them.. That's not saying it's all the Mexians are doing it cause it isn't.. there are many other races who do the same thing.
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yes many immigrants come to the united states for a better life.  jus like our founding fathers who came from europe. and yes many "hispanics" have resentment towart the usa.  but if you look at why hispanics have resentment it isn't against the country itself but more against racists and hypocrisy that exists against the immigrants that come to this country.  many hispanics love and die for this country from the civil war to the current war in iraq.
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If most of the world looks at American with such disdain why do they keep coming here?  Why aren't there any hispanic countries with a decent standard of living?  Is there something about the English language that just makes people sucessful?  Why can't we have a nice country without all these foreigners coming here changing everything?  I don't think white Americans hate hispanics, we just like living in a country where we speak English.
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I don't think racial discrimination is as extreme in the UK as it is in other countires, but it is still present. The recent victories of the BNP in local elections is very worrying. People must realise that minorities have just as much a right to be here as the "indigenous" population (as the BNP call them), as most people don't realise that our current population comes from millions of immigrants over history (the Celts, Anglo-saxons, Vikings, Jutes, Normans, the Dutch, Irish, Huguenots to name but a few).\n\nAlot of people who are racist don't even realise they are doing it.
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Hi!! no creo que alguien pueda entender esta respuesta pero creeme que estoy arto de vivir aqui y me largare lo mas pronto posible!!\nRedneck land is not a very good place to live on, the only thing they do is brainless stupidity, they get on the fields (that most of the times are private property) and tear them up. then they drink and drive, they smoke their most loved drug, then they hate on others, they still live in 1950, and don't realize the thruth that hispanics are the second largest minority and I do know that within five years, they will become the majority, and perhaps within 20 years, spainsh will have to be their official languaje, I hate to say it but Americans are in danger of extintion.\n\nmy e-mail is   heron_fordx4@yahoo.com\n\nyou can e amil me and we can talk about some issues I have at school and my plan to fixe them is going to be fun, Im the only hispanic student in that school, and hopefully my plan will work, I will make every single one student make a fool out of their self by something nice and fun!!!
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Yes.......as a white Southern male I've seen and experienced racism, myself. I've been excluded, leered at, screamed at and taken advantage of. I've felt fear and have had to protect myself. I've been taxed unfairly to pay for racially-motivated legislation. My work AND home neighborhoods have been targeted by minorities to rob and vandalize.\n\nMy city has suffered the ravages of bus sing and unfair teacher retention based on race. I have been discriminated  against in employment because of my race and high level of education and general achievement.\n\nAlthough my race is TEMPORARILY in the majority, here, I cannot take my grievances to any court because the majority is not "protected"..........while the minorities are protected in court as a "persecuted minority".\n\nThe State University that I was attending was totally disbanded and then occupied by court-order by an historically minority university that has deliberately thumbed its nose at the friendly courts and refused to integrate the requested 27%.....and until this day has decreased its population of white students down below 9%.\n\nHowever, I am not bitter. I love it here in my city and hope that any/all minorities that have misunderstood the majority stance on these subjects will come to some common-sense reassessments of their positions.\n\nI hope for peace and prosperity for all of my fellow Southern citizens.......with plenty of happiness and health thrown in for good measure.