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Discrimination Towards Hispanics

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There is no doubt that now a day the main concern in todays world is discrimination towards the Hispanics. ‘’In a study conducted by Rutgers University, 22% of Hispanic/Latino workers reported experiencing workplace discrimination, compared to only 6% of whites’’. Discrimination towards Hispanic race is a big social injustice that affects the Hispanic because they have hard time getting benefits in a job and lack of knowing English as there Second language. I believe no one should be judged by there appearance but by they’re potential. In other words, its not right for people that come here for better opportunity’s to reach there potential and being denied because there not us citizens. First, majority of Hispanics don’t know English very good, this can limit their …show more content…

I don’t think so right so that’s were the benefits come in handy because thanks to them you get your hospital expensive covered by your job. Hispanics are not offered the same benefits they should get at work especially the risky jobs (construction, Painting, electric and etc. Hispanics being abused and taken advantaged of due to there race by not giving them health care benefits every one is the same no one is different so why give some one more benefits than the us citizen. They came here to support their family’s and strive for greatness and not failure. However, some people that come here come just to make their drug cartels economy good because they come here to sell they’re products. The “drug war” in northern Mexico is one gigantic bloodbath. The Mexican government says that as many as 28,000 people have been slaughtered by the drug cartels since 2007. A very significant percentage of those deaths have happened in areas right along the U.S. border. Why discriminate all of the Hispanics and just not give them opportunities every one should earn opportunities to show there

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