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So then what was your point? AFP was pretty clear. Hispanics are rejected for having ties with "Organized crime".
My point is simply that it's not uncommon for the process to obtain some type of security clearance for certain jobs to go further than people outside that bubble might expect it to go.
I don't really have an opinion either way on how many Hispanics in southern California have family ties to organized crime and if this excludes a lot of them from law enforcement jobs.
So then what was your point? AFP was pretty clear. Hispanics are rejected for having ties with "Organized crime".
That would be sad for all the law-abiding Latinos. But people indeed like those simple attitudes, people who don't want to invest the time and effort to consider each person an individual rather than a member of an ethnic group.
Reminds me of the actor Liam Neeson with his racist attitude towards all blacks because a relative was raped by a black guy.
That would be sad for all the law-abiding Latinos. But people indeed like those simple attitudes, people who don't want to invest the time and effort to consider each person an individual rather than a member of an ethnic group.
Reminds me of the actor Liam Neeson with his racist attitude towards all blacks because a relative was raped by a black guy.
Presumably the rules for background checks for jobs in law enforcement are the same for everyone, Latino or not. So if Jorge Contreras' check includes his sisters' boyfriends, then the check for John McLaughlin also covers his sisters' boyfriends. Otherwise an extra level of checking just for Latinos would be discriminatory and probably against the law.
Quoted "So then what was your point? AFP was pretty clear. Hispanics are rejected for having ties with "Organized crime"." End Quote
All applicants are rejected for having ties to family members connected to organized crime according to the criteria. It comes up more often with Hispanics during the screening process that's all I'm saying.
That would be sad for all the law-abiding Latinos. But people indeed like those simple attitudes, people who don't want to invest the time and effort to consider each person an individual rather than a member of an ethnic group.
Reminds me of the actor Liam Neeson with his racist attitude towards all blacks because a relative was raped by a black guy.
It is sad if you're law abiding but your brother's or other family members aren't in some cases that is criteria for disqualification for certain jobs that require a clean background check.
Reminds me of the actor Liam Neeson with his racist attitude towards all blacks because a relative was raped by a black guy.
Well, no one forced him to bring it up and he chose to talk about it willingly.
Obviously he realizes that it was wrong.
Put it down to a kind of temporary insanity. I don't think we should be so quick to judge when we don't know for sure how we'd react if a loved one were victimized like that.
Even for Joe Jobs in fast food places, corner stores or as cleaners? You're a citizen of the United States and live in a metro of several hundred thousand to millions of people and can't find any work at all? That's extremely hard to believe - even if your name is Jose or Ahmed.
It's hard for you to believe because you don't live this reality. That doesn't mean you should be dismissive of it either.
You can deny some one a job because a family member, another person has ties with gangs? How does that work?
What percentage of LA county Sheriffs are Latino? I am willing to bet the number is significant.
It works exactly as he said it. As I said to Acajak, just because it's hard for you to believe doesn't mean it's not true. Denying someone a law enforcement job in the US because of questionable background is very common in the US. The fact that there are Latino law enforcement officers does not negate that in any way.
Well, no one forced him to bring it up and he chose to talk about it willingly.
Obviously he realizes that it was wrong.
Put it down to a kind of temporary insanity. I don't think we should be so quick to judge when we don't know for sure how we'd react if a loved one were victimized like that.
Still, would he have tried to take revenge on any white guy if the rapist had been white? So, deep inside he probably simply is racist, even if reason has taken control of him again.
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