Posted on 04/07/2006 5:05:32 PM PDT by Pikamax
Growing anger among blacks as Latinos 'take over'
April 7, 2006
BY ERIN TEXEIRA
NEWARK, N.J. -- The men both stood in a busy hardware store parking lot, but their lives were far apart.
On one end, Oscar Bautista of El Salvador said he had been waiting more than three hours for a job. Across the lot, Art Jackson loaded potting soil into his Dodge Durango. He complained that immigrants are making it harder for Americans to keep good jobs, especially blacks.
''You need to take care of home first,'' said Jackson, an African-American phone salesman from northern New Jersey.
Blacks and Latinos are often united on social and political issues. But they often differ when it comes to immigration.
Newcomers make black progress harder, said Wesley Crawford, who works at Source of Knowledge, a bookstore in Newark. ''It's a misconception that they're taking jobs we don't want. If you give people a good job, they will work.''
While Hispanic immigrants have protested a proposed crackdown on illegal immigration, the nation's most prominent black leaders have all been to New Orleans to try to stop the upcoming local election. Shortly after the storm, Jesse Jackson and others complained that Latino workers seemed to have more access than blacks to rebuilding jobs.
Bruce S. Gordon, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said that African-American and Latino bonds are strong and that his ''spirit was there'' at the immigration marches.
Most of the immigration protests have focused on a bill passed by the U.S. House that would make illegal immigration a felony, and all but one black voting member of Congress, Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee, was against it, according to the Congressional Black Caucus.
Still, many blacks feel threatened, said Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a black writer in Los Angeles.
''The civil rights leaders say we're all united, but the average person on the street is taking great offense at this group coming in and essentially taking over,'' he said.
"He complained that immigrants are making it harder for Americans to keep good jobs, especially blacks."
Pardon me for stereotyping, but most of the immigrants aren't taking the "good" jobs. In our area (Baltimore-Washington corridor) there are an awful lot of black lawyers, professors, and civil engineers - and an awful lot of Hispanic day laborers.
If he thinks he can get $80K per for spreading mulch in an office park, he's sadly mistaken.
Welllll....this should be interesting.
Already posted: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1610990/posts
I saw this one coming from miles away and all I got was deer in the headlights remarks here
Not that they aren't already. It's just that they'll actually realize it.
Yeah, especially sine the group "taking over" consists mostly of thugs and criminals who illegally broke into our country.
It'll be interesting to see where this facet of the story goes.
Not to generalize, but there are always scores of Mexicans on our street corners looking for work. The only time I seen AAs on the street corners is begging money from passing motorists.
"its HARD out there for the race PimPs"...
They are taking ALL the jobs.
I saw it too. I saw it too.
It just took them a while to react. I think the big protest marches woke a lot of people up, including the Blacks.
Yea. Right. Crips, Bloods, the Chicgao Folk, the Chicago People....versus...
Prominent EAST COAST mexican gangs La Gran Raza * The Mexican Boys * Crazy Homies * Chidos Picudos * Cachandos * Wild Chicanos * Santaneros * Santiago Muchacan * Reyes Locos * Cuatro in Quietos * Pitufos * La Mugre * Los Cholos * Palomos * Vente Seis * Los Primos * Necios * Sombras * La Raza La Gran Familia (LGF) * Night and Day * La Hermandad De Pistoleros Latinos * Ninos Malos * Southside * Cacos * Border Brothers * Traviesos(NY) * 18 Street * Carnalitos * 13 Malditos * La Onda * Sureno Trece * LA 13 * Brown Pride * Vagabondos * Compadres * La Tremendas * Escandolosos * Barrio Kings * La Cien * Gueristos * La Raza Mexicana Unknown or no affiliation * Vatos Locos * Sons Of Mexico * El Escuadron * Tres Puntos * Traviesos (NJ) * 13 Locos * Los Toros * M-18 (Diez y Ocho) Vagos * Los Locos * Chacas * Chicano Nation * Rincoenas * Los Playeros
I know a lot of Hispanics myself and some are very rich. Many of them are my friends.
no kidding...the animosity is very very deep
especially in the joint
Wondering about your statistic - 50% are recent. How do you know?
My "recent" covers the last 25 years.
It will get more interesting when the refugees from Venezula start arriving.(where they gonna go? Castro's paradise?)
especially in the joint
Bigtime....and that is just the La Gran Raza and La Raza La Gran Familia. Latin Kings is another story, but I believe you already know that....;)
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