Mister D
07-19-2013, 08:08 AM
These tensions will likely grow as Hispanics and blacks compete for influence and racial set asides. Hardly an "I told you so" story for me. The decline in our overall quality of life will affect us all.
In Georgia, Black legislators recently defeated a bill supported by the governor to broaden the state's "minority" designation to include Hispanics. The bill would have allowed Hispanics, whose population in Georgia increased by at least 120 percent since 1990, to be included in tax breaks for companies that hire minority contractors.
The fight focused attention on the mounting tension between Blacks and Hispanics, who rival African-Americans as the largest minority group in the U.S.
"We were not comfortable amending laws that originally were passed to aid racial minorities, such as African-Americans and Native Americans, who have a long history of being discriminated against," said Rep. Bob Holmes (http://thepoliticalforums.com/topic/politics/bob-holmes-PEPLT002987.topic), a member of the state's Legislative Black Caucus. "There is growing competition between Blacks and Hispanics, and in the South, it is going to get worse. We know that they have escaped from poverty and we want them to have a better life here, but not at the expense of African-Americans."
http://www.dailypress.com/bv-hispanics010320,0,4967522.story
In Georgia, Black legislators recently defeated a bill supported by the governor to broaden the state's "minority" designation to include Hispanics. The bill would have allowed Hispanics, whose population in Georgia increased by at least 120 percent since 1990, to be included in tax breaks for companies that hire minority contractors.
The fight focused attention on the mounting tension between Blacks and Hispanics, who rival African-Americans as the largest minority group in the U.S.
"We were not comfortable amending laws that originally were passed to aid racial minorities, such as African-Americans and Native Americans, who have a long history of being discriminated against," said Rep. Bob Holmes (http://thepoliticalforums.com/topic/politics/bob-holmes-PEPLT002987.topic), a member of the state's Legislative Black Caucus. "There is growing competition between Blacks and Hispanics, and in the South, it is going to get worse. We know that they have escaped from poverty and we want them to have a better life here, but not at the expense of African-Americans."
http://www.dailypress.com/bv-hispanics010320,0,4967522.story