http://miamitimesonline.com/spanish-preferred-for-new-marlins-workers/ Serving Dade & Broward County since 1923 Thu, 16 May 2013 23:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://miamitimesonline.com/spanish-preferred-for-new-marlins-workers/#comment-557 william Blake Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:26:52 +0000 http://miamitimesonline.com/?p=2365#comment-557 Life is over for blacks in Miami as we know it. This state is full of discrimination and segregation against blacks. Many of the older generation blacks have seen it all before in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, discrimination in housing, jobs, gov, etc. Have you been to an auto dealership lately? gas station, grocery stores in your own community? we don't see us. Even Miami Dade College provides free classes in English to Hispanic's who don't speak English making them bi-lingual, but no Spanish classes to non-Hispanic's, providing an uneven playing field in the job market for blacks. Last I heard you had to speak English to be an American citizen. Who are these non-citizens getting so much assistance. History is just repeating itself. This time instead of whites discriminating against us, it's Hispanics. Where are our black leaders and the so called NAACP? Unfortunately this generation will understand what Blacks as a people went through back then, unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it now, Its to late. Hispanics are too powerful politically and economically. For Blacks to have an equal opportunity as Hispanics in Miami we have to teach our children to speak Spanish. We cant beat em so we better join em. Life is over for blacks in Miami as we know it. This state is full of discrimination and segregation against blacks. Many of the older generation blacks have seen it all before in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, discrimination in housing, jobs, gov, etc. Have you been to an auto dealership lately? gas station, grocery stores in your own community? we don’t see us. Even Miami Dade College provides free classes in English to Hispanic’s who don’t speak English making them bi-lingual, but no Spanish classes to non-Hispanic’s, providing an uneven playing field in the job market for blacks. Last I heard you had to speak English to be an American citizen. Who are these non-citizens getting so much assistance. History is just repeating itself. This time instead of whites discriminating against us, it’s Hispanics. Where are our black leaders and the so called NAACP? Unfortunately this generation will understand what Blacks as a people went through back then, unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it now, Its to late. Hispanics are too powerful politically and economically. For Blacks to have an equal opportunity as Hispanics in Miami we have to teach our children to speak Spanish. We cant beat em so we better join em.

]]> http://miamitimesonline.com/spanish-preferred-for-new-marlins-workers/#comment-88 John Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:55:48 +0000 http://miamitimesonline.com/?p=2365#comment-88 Yours truly was reared in South Florida from the late 1970's until May 1987 when I joined the Air Force. Ever since my arrival into South Florida I cannot remember any time a concerted and consistent effort was ever made to support or hire blacks, hence my choice to join the Air Force. The hired city officials throughout South Florida always have an excuse for not including blacks in any means of true support. What I judge as support, is the concentrated effort of this article towards Hispanics. Dade County/Miami city officials decided to build this stadium in a predominantly black neighborhood yet the focus is to hire those of Spanish decent. The better action is to hire the blacks of the surrounding community so they may provide a means to support their family and instill pride within them. The city officials of South Florida do not support the black community, yet will not hesitate to refer to the black community as downtrodden and follow up with actions that do not demonstrate a concerted effort to provide a means for the black community to uplift themselves. Occasionally I view the online version of the Miami Herald, especially when family and friends point me to a particular article. Never have I seen articles that support blacks of Miami or South Florida. The consistent effort in South Florida lends itself toward promoting the Spanish & Caucasian community of South Florida; therefore, I request a change. Yours truly was reared in South Florida from the late 1970′s until May 1987 when I joined the Air Force. Ever since my arrival into South Florida I cannot remember any time a concerted and consistent effort was ever made to support or hire blacks, hence my choice to join the Air Force. The hired city officials throughout South Florida always have an excuse for not including blacks in any means of true support. What I judge as support, is the concentrated effort of this article towards Hispanics. Dade County/Miami city officials decided to build this stadium in a predominantly black neighborhood yet the focus is to hire those of Spanish decent. The better action is to hire the blacks of the surrounding community so they may provide a means to support their family and instill pride within them. The city officials of South Florida do not support the black community, yet will not hesitate to refer to the black community as downtrodden and follow up with actions that do not demonstrate a concerted effort to provide a means for the black community to uplift themselves. Occasionally I view the online version of the Miami Herald, especially when family and friends point me to a particular article. Never have I seen articles that support blacks of Miami or South Florida. The consistent effort in South Florida lends itself toward promoting the Spanish & Caucasian community of South Florida; therefore, I request a change.

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