Are mexicans the new slaves of America?

Liz

Hell yes they are. I mean all we have to do is give them the name or at least chain them. You pick.

chrissypooh712

If they feel like they are being treated as 'slaves', then go back to where you came from in Mexico.

dreamcatcher8993

No one forced them to come here. Sheesh. I don't think that anyone tried to keep the African slaves from breaking into their plantations and begging them to pick cotton for pay. Mexicans are not slaves. In fact, that is a really dumb thing to say. No, you need to read up on what true slavery was.

Mom

As close as we can get to slaves,yes.

Rockstar

MExicans, and guatamalans, and comlumbians, they are all here. No one in america is a slave. Your question is (forgive me) an extremely ignorant one, as they have been screaming lately that they do the jobs that "americans are too lazy to do". While i feel it is untrue that Americans are lazy, the laborers choose to work this way. They can walk off the job at any time. Nevertheless, ask your friendly Mexican what he does with the money he sends home to the other wife and kids. He'll tell you that he lives like a king when he goes home because of the exchange rate. Just so you know, here is the definition of "slave" so you don't ask this ignorant question again:

SLAVE [slayv]
n (plural slaves)

1. person forced to work for another: in former times, one person who was forced to work for another person for no payment and was regarded as the property of the person he or she worked for
2. dominated person: somebody who is completely dominated by somebody or something
3. somebody accepting anotherâ€™s rule: somebody who meekly accepts being ruled by somebody else
4. device controlled by another: a device that is totally controlled by another (often used before a noun)

vi (past slaved, past participle slaved, present participle slavÂ·ing, 3rd person present singular slaves)
work very hard: to work very hard
Iâ€™ve been slaving away over this manuscript all day.

adj
1. using enslaved laborers: using or relating to enslaved laborers
2. harsh: very harsh and unfair
slave conditions

[13th century. Via Old French esclave from medieval Latin sclavus â€œSlav, captiveâ€ (see Slav), because Slavic peoples were widely captured and enslaved during the Middle Ages.]

jdlockhart1979

I think the mexicans are probably more just willing to do jobs that us blacks and asians and whites aren't willing to do - But I think the problem mostly stems from the fact that most (maybe not most, but a lot) of the mexicans in this country aren't of legal citizenship status therefore they can't *get* jobs with corporate america - plus there's sometimes a language barrier (gotta speaka tha english usually if you wanna get around in this country - If I lived in mexico, I would most likely want to at least try to learn spanish).

TiNkErBeLl

NO THEY ARE NOT!!!!

mybabymydestiny

No I don't think so, if you knew how much they were making in Mexico then you would see why.

Palm man

no there trying to get in and we dont want them here when there illegal a long time ago slaves were brought here and tried to leave. huge difference check the meaning of the word slave and then ask a question.

Beyond_The_Water

no because they get paid

Poutine

a slave did not/does not have a choice

Turok

Some Mexicans are pretty white, you wouldn't be able to tell them apart from your "comrades". They don't all look like the stereotypical 5'4", 200 lbs, native american you see at McDonalds.

otexasgirlo

Yea slaves except not! You come into our country illegally, then you shouldn't be paid at all, because what a concept you are ILLEGAL! Slaves are forced labor. Who is forcing them? Hm? O right! NOBODY! Hence the fact that they are not slaves.

Cher Chez (Hip Hop Stan)

no. they just need to find a quick east way to make money to support their families. they aren't forced to work yet you see them in a lot of dunkin donuts and other places.

wlc87

No. The way things are going with them, Americans are their slaves. They get the jobs (lower paid), they want us to learn spanish rather than them learning english.

Jenelle

no i can not believe that you would say that...you are uneducated...they are snicking into the country.,..we are not going over there and making thm come here...learn your history please

brian2006

yes.

Alpha M

naw. they're just lazy people without good work ethics.

PANCHA

No but they are exploited

junelovesbugs

Mexicans are not a 'race'. It's a nationality. Do you like it when people around the world assume only blonde haired blue eyed people are 'American' (u.s. citizens)? I do believe that they are becoming something much worst than slaves. Slave masters made an investment when they bought slaves. Not everyone could own a slave. The slave's health and well being was the responsibly of the 'master'. Like I said, slaves were an investment. They could not easily be replaced. If one died, there went the investment money. The 'masters' had to provide a way for them to have shelter and get food. They were the legal responsibly of the 'slave owner'. Illegal immigrants are not that big of an investment. They barely make enough to support themselves. Food and shelter take up much of their earnings. The little they do save goes 'home' to their country of origin. The employers don't have to worry about supplying health insurance or paying taxes for them since they are no within the legal system. If an illegal immigrant gets seriously hurt, they can EASILY be replaced, often by the next day, with no added cost to the employer. In 2002 The U.S. supreme court decided that illegals do not have the right to claim back-pay owed to them by former employers, meaning that an employer who hires illegals doesn't even have to PAY them. So while 'slaves' were a big investment, and had to be 'taken care of' to a point. Illegal immigrants are basically at the mercy of crooked employers, who don't even have to supply them with a means to get food or shelter. It's a VERY sad thing that's going on. The employers need to be punished severely for robbing tax payers and for unfair work practices.

joeandhisguitar

Who would willingly choose to become a slave?

texansis

There are plenty of Latino corporate types, I think you are just not looking in the right places.

Nabo's Woman

Slaves have not choice, the Mexicans you see do.

Roadrunner58-79

NO !!!

ozone_43

I've never heard of Africans swimming the Atlantic Ocean to get to America and become slaves. Slavery implies a lack of freedom. Any Mexican can leave America anytime he or she wants. Just put the wife and eight kids in the 79 Buick and head south.

baby_balla_gaby

Maybe... but they do it to (try to) support their families.

PuterPrsn

You must not get around much, because in my company, the CEO is Hispanic, as well as several officers.

Slaves don't get paid - the "Mexicans" you are talking about get paid. Slaves have no choice - the "Mexicans" you are talking about came here, and stay here, by choice.

american.cutie_livin

OMGosh! Si'!(yes)

dementedstarfish0

No, because they do it by choice.

Mr. Incredible

Maybe

charm_of_making

Mexicans do it by choice.They are not slaves because they can go back to mexico anytime.Mexicans are generally paid very little because they agree to and because 11 million of them are illegal. You can get in trouble for hiring illegal immigrants so actually they being done a favor by getting hired in the first place (illegal ones).

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