Modern+Equality+Struggles

One problem facing minority-Americans is the rapid increase of illegal immigration from the Mexican-American border. This rapid increase causes the economy of America to decrease. This is a crucial problem facing minorities because their might be racism and discrimination towards any Mexican-American, here legally or not. This rapid increase is causing many more taxes and many more people on welfare and unemployment.

http://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/illegal-immigration.html

One of the greatest problems facing African-Americans is the lack of opportunity and safety. There has been a loss of industrial jobs and a failure to control crime in northern cities by liberal mayors for most of the last 40 years. This lack of opportunity means that African Americans can’t get good enough jobs to support their families. If this lack of security continues there might be riots against the law in major cities housing many African-Americans. If this discrimination continues there might just be another civil war in America.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21001543/

Another major problem facing migrant workers is that people use the new immigrants for cheap labor. They do not support them with healthcare and the fairness that is necessary in the workplace. I believe it unfair that a migrant worker will do the same job as a America-born citizen and get a lesser pay. It is even more unfair that they do not get the same health benefits either. So if one gets hurt the employer’s healthcare won’t cover it. The workers will either have to pay for it themselves or the employer might fire them because they don’t want a hurt worker who isn’t being productive. This just shows the great discrimination and unfairness in the workforce.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/19/business/19illegals.html

Even though it was a big deal in the 50’s, and congress passed the equal pay act, women are still doing the same jobs as men and not getting equal pay. This is another great problem facing women in the workforce today.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/01/business/20090301_WageGap.html

There are a great number of failures and dropouts in public school with African-Americans.

http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition/46392742.html