Speak English Please: Staying Hopeful in Waiting for my Latino EEOC Rep to Represent

Without divulging any confidential processes in a personal protest against unfair employment practices against a local company that is a member of a international, fortune 500 powerhouse, I'm hoping that cultural competence wins the day.

I have a Latino representative who seems to be proficient in administering the protocol that new intakes must suffer. Matter of fact, he seems like a nice guy.

Many blacks who speak about the commonality of minorities in the fight for justice simply don't talk (enough) about the many potential stratification of indifference found between different minorities. In conversations I encounter all the time arguments like 'minorities should bind together, fight together, and forget about any potential schisms in cultural philosophy, realities, preferences.

All minorities, no matter what there moral or racist codes may be, all of us are in the same bag, being discriminated against. "Dr. King never would have tolerated another minority not recognizing the rights of another minority" some argue,and this, by the way, include dogs and cats.

So, what makes a minority a minority? Whose to get the advantages of efforts made by the mighty works of Dr. King and other martyrs who either were murdered or/and immensely persecuted while fighting for justice for present and future generations? Is it right to want to dialogue about the the possibility that each minority really don't care about other minorities, except when it's convenient or will gain them some traction against fighting for what they interpret as prejudice?

The latter question is what we should be looking at more and more.

Except for being another minority, does the Asian American really respect their black cohorts in the fight against injustice? I would say yes and no. Yes when its advantageous, meaning that any benefits that blacks have achieved based on past injustices, Asian Americans automatically receive the same benefit. Add the gay community, white women, and yes, dogs and cats.

In my opinion, this is not a possibility, but a reality.

Asians may love blacks within the communities that they enterprise where their major consumer are blacks. White women can't stand blacks, but they never refuse there minority portion when it comes to things like affirmative business practices. Latinos, if you ask, think that they are more white than blacks, hence this notion in itself screams to say, if they had any other alternative, they would jump aboard the supreme race train without prodding.

Is it that most white gays really don't give a damn about blacks, and the only difference between them and their parent's cultural prejudices is the fact that their lifestyle is rejected by many. Yet, given any opportunity on any given day their actions proves to be as racist as their parents. They don't want to be discriminated against because of their sexual preferences, but they discriminate against others because of their race.

The Jews are still mourning the holocaust (and they should be), but they are creating and sustaining holocaust situations to other races. Over the years they have forged a reluctant relationship with black Americans while promoting apartheid in there own (and land that belongs to others) land and the likes of the post-Apartheid South Africa. Its true there has been some prominent Jewry representation in racial battles past and present, but no one seems to sense an air of superiority that if not acknowledged in the power circles that they are pronged to attempt to destroy others who don't agree with their social and political agendas-- in America, in the homeland and beyond.

Much of what is being said so far sounds pretty provocative. So be it. I feel that it should be said and real dialogue should take place. People are finding in these challenging times (and as foretold in the Bible) that the "love of many will wax cold", that material gods (selfishness, power, lying, killing, lust, etc.)will displace the words of life.

It may seem a little unfair that other minorities who experience discrimination should be questioned about their love for others should share a common are capable of not be bought buy a system. However, the stark realities are many and people are not getting the love they so desperately needs in this gigantic fight against a systemic injustice.

So, here I am speaking to my EEOC rep who speaks broken English and, at the same time, speaks Spanish on the phone to someone he knows (maybe a wife or a girlfriend). He fits the demand coming from efforts of corporations (including the governments) who are seeking bilingual skills in their work places. But, is everyone who is Latino and can speak an acceptable amount of English really able to feel the pain of the most mistreated race in America?

Are white gay people really partners in both, social as well as racial justice? Are white women really on the battle line for racial injustice or are they just fronting for their white business husbands? Can we count on Asians if we don't support their inner-city grocery stores? Are Jews really caring or are they simply shrewd politicians and financiers?

Personally, I really would like to think affirmative on all of the above, but that would be foolish--wouldn't it? It will also be foolish to thinks that post-racial thinking blacks are not living up to their self destiny at leading the fight for peace and justice.

The best that I can hope for is that this American Latino man who is my EEOC rep is fair person (regardless of race) and is prudent and have some zeal in fighting against injustice in the workplace.

Right now, I'm not feeling it.