<<In America if you are not in an unionized job then its political on who raises in the ladder. As a result, many minorities / immigrants do not make it far in America. This is just one reason upon many why many cannot prosper.>>
This is total bullshit. As a minority and an immigrant, that's the most offensive thing I've ever heard. In your ignorance and arrogance you're assigning all of us people of color to the manual labor pool based on some half-assed notion you have about how we fit into the scheme of things here in the US. We are executives, CEOs, business owners, and yes, some of us are laborers, but it's mainly a language and education issue when that happens.
The USA is not a perfect meritacracy but it's closer to one than many other places I've worked. I speak English with an accent. I learned it when I was in my late teens so I'll probably always have an accent that gives me away as an immgrant. But I do pretty well. I have cousins that speak no English and most of them struggle financially. I also know one person who speaks very little English and makes far more money than I do. He owns a house painting company and he employees about 30 people. I know another guy who is from Afghanistan who doesn't speak English... he imports rice and other Mediterranian type food from the middle east and India and sells it to stores that cater to the immigrant community. He's a millionaire but his children who run his business are fluent in English. He could not do it alone without knowing English. But those two guys are the exception. By far, most people who don't speak any English are poor and work in low paying jobs like cleaning lady, car wash worker, picking fruit etc. It has nothing to do with unions, politics or or the color of our skin or anything like that. If you can't speak English in the USA with few exceptions, you're not going to get a great job. Period.
This is total bullshit. As a minority and an immigrant, that's the most offensive thing I've ever heard. In your ignorance and arrogance you're assigning all of us people of color to the manual labor pool based on some half-assed notion you have about how we fit into the scheme of things here in the US. We are executives, CEOs, business owners, and yes, some of us are laborers, but it's mainly a language and education issue when that happens.
The USA is not a perfect meritacracy but it's closer to one than many other places I've worked. I speak English with an accent. I learned it when I was in my late teens so I'll probably always have an accent that gives me away as an immgrant. But I do pretty well. I have cousins that speak no English and most of them struggle financially. I also know one person who speaks very little English and makes far more money than I do. He owns a house painting company and he employees about 30 people. I know another guy who is from Afghanistan who doesn't speak English... he imports rice and other Mediterranian type food from the middle east and India and sells it to stores that cater to the immigrant community. He's a millionaire but his children who run his business are fluent in English. He could not do it alone without knowing English. But those two guys are the exception. By far, most people who don't speak any English are poor and work in low paying jobs like cleaning lady, car wash worker, picking fruit etc. It has nothing to do with unions, politics or or the color of our skin or anything like that. If you can't speak English in the USA with few exceptions, you're not going to get a great job. Period.