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Black Teens Feel the 'Bilingual Preferred' Summer Job Blues
New American Media ^ | 5-3-08 | Chris Levister

Posted on 05/06/2008 7:36:40 AM PDT by Technoman

'Don't speak Spanish…can't get the job?'

When San Bernardino High School teens Jazanique Jackson, Ashanae Brown and Kimyen Hawkins decided they wanted to work this summer, they left nothing to chance.

They knew the rules: plan ahead; role play; be positive; adapt; relate and encourage. So when they hit the streets to start their summer job search they were prepared for virtually every eventuality except one.

¿No habla ingles? Can't speak Spanish.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.newamericamedia.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: aliens; fast; food; illegal; immigrantlist; summer; teens; workplace
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To: Technoman
We live in a small town in NV. We only have a Taco Bell and a Jack-In-The-Box as our fast food choices. You are lucky to get someone who speaks ENGLISH to help you when you go there.

Oh yeah - They also make the phrase "fast food" a lie. Good grief...at JITB we waited 15 minutes for 3 basic burgers, 3 fries and a kid meal. Why? They don't speak ENGLISH.
21 posted on 05/06/2008 7:55:34 AM PDT by ninergold3 (Don't like my attitude? Then get one of your own!)
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To: Technoman

The kids should sue and force all of the businesses to prove they did all they could to ensure the workers were legal.


23 posted on 05/06/2008 7:57:18 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Ted Kennedy - Codename -> "Bobber")
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Entitlement, in this context, means “not entitled, but getting it nevertheless”.


24 posted on 05/06/2008 7:58:08 AM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: whatshotandwhatsnot

There are a couple of local places I don’t go anymore simply because I cannot communicate with the counter help. I am somewhat hard of hearing, and by the time I try to listen carefully (most people mumble I have discovered!) and decipher the heavily accented, broken English (or blank stares) my level of frustration is way higher than it needs to be.

susie


25 posted on 05/06/2008 7:58:21 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“And a lot of the comments are just making fun of how black people talk. Gee. I wonder why so many people think Republicans are racists.”

Get ready for the “You’re a humorless Obama-loving liberal!” comments.


26 posted on 05/06/2008 7:58:42 AM PDT by hepatoma
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To: ClearCase_guy

Believe me, if this was about white kids not being able to get a job because they don’t speak Spanish, the tone would be very different.


28 posted on 05/06/2008 7:59:27 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: ClearCase_guy

You would think they would come over given how they’ve been screwed by open borders.

Perhaps they realize all of them are liars, and would rather just pick the liar that is “one of their own”.

Looking at it that way, I just don’t see it happening.

“Bilingual preferred” affects all groups adversely-not just black teens. It happens in every sector. While I can see the practicality of some businesses in some areas preferring bilingual employees, the concept is also a screaming example of discrimination in hiring, and should be treated as such.


29 posted on 05/06/2008 8:00:55 AM PDT by Califreak (Hangin' with Hunter-under the bus "Dread and Circuses")
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To: Technoman
The point is that many African American kids from poor families are largely impacted by illegal aliens taking service jobs they should be doing, but their "leaders" are mostly silent on this issue.

Why isn't Jessie Jackson out in front of one of these businesses?

30 posted on 05/06/2008 8:02:02 AM PDT by Technoman
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To: whatshotandwhatsnot
I had to return something at Walmart

The store that brings you everything cheap at your expense.

31 posted on 05/06/2008 8:02:19 AM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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To: Wolfie

I know when I first started job hunting here in S. FL many of the jobs required bilingual folk. I didn’t even apply, since I don’t speak enough Spanish to consider myself bilingual. But, this affects everyone, it would seem.

susie


32 posted on 05/06/2008 8:02:27 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: Eurale
consider refraining from speculating on other people’s views regarding race.

You made a sweeping generalization about what black people will "always" do. Your comment (#15)was not a positive one and has been expunged. But you seem to think you're the good guy and I am out of line. Have a nice day.

33 posted on 05/06/2008 8:03:00 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Et si omnes ego non)
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To: Technoman

Because Jessie would like to have, as followers, illegal aliens and their offspring.

susie


34 posted on 05/06/2008 8:03:35 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: Eurale; ClearCase_guy
FWIW: I spent most of my high school years in South Florida, where the low-end labor force is filled with immigrants from Latin America and the Carribbean. Never had any problem finding a job, nor working with my ethnic/immigrant coworkers.

This is just another attempt by the activists to show that they "care" about blacks in the unlikely event that they will join the anti-illegal movement. They aint gonna be joining us Crackahs on this or any other issue anytime soon.

35 posted on 05/06/2008 8:04:14 AM PDT by Clemenza (I Live in New Jersey for the Same Reason People Slow Down to Look at Car Crashes)
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To: rock_lobsta

That’s the way it is in California. I was in Northern Cal this weekend in a town called Morgan Hill. Stopped at McD’s, and we were the only white family in the restaurant at the time. Everyone was speaking Spanish— employees and customers. It’s like that a lot in the farming towns. I live in a farming town, so I’m used to it.

However, I was in Davis earlier in the weekend, and I didn’t see very many Latino folks, even though it’s a farm community. There seemed to be different crops there, requiring less manual labor, so I surmised that might be a reason.


36 posted on 05/06/2008 8:04:16 AM PDT by hoppity
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To: Technoman
Aprenda espanol hoy, evite la prisa manana.


37 posted on 05/06/2008 8:05:37 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: ClearCase_guy
And a lot of the comments are just making fun of how black people talk.

Agreed! And these same fools--with their heads up their a#$es--will likely wonder how their country was taken from them.

38 posted on 05/06/2008 8:08:48 AM PDT by Technoman
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To: Technoman
On a related note....

The Rainbow Coalition Evaporates Black anger grows as illegal immigrants transform urban neighborhoods.

39 posted on 05/06/2008 8:09:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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