Is it racist to feel angry about immigrants taking low paid jobs?

tigerbaby99

Nope. I feel the same way here in the states. We have construction crews full of mexican illegals that are paid 1/2 of what an American are paid. These companies put up LOW bids on work and keep the honest companies out of work. Its a problem that must be addresses. Which ever presidential canidate is for immigration reform gets my vote reguarless of race or party!

Shanks

Not at all. If our government weren`t so soft, they would have forced our own lazy lay-abouts to do these jobs instead of sponging from the Dole !!

Shannen

no, its an opinion, one that i feel 2

Solange

It doesn't mean you're a "racist". You're just angry because there are a lack of jobs. These people are getting paid less for doing the same, sometimes harder work. They are being used. Don't hate them, hate the companies that are doing it. Feel empathy for the people who are just trying to put food on the table like you.

Well, said Alberto

No, I don't blame you at all.

MrRight

So is U.S.A not the only one suffering from this????

realismael

There's noting racist about it. Its just an emotional statement that you feel.

Racist would be to hate a person or group for there difference in color, ethnic, or personal background.

You are not Racist.

dickn2000a

NO! It's simple economics. There are only a certain number of jobs in any given work area. If you need one of those jobs and can't get it because immigrants have taken them all, it's understandable to get angry.

The Grumble Toad

No, it is not racist. You are basing your views on an observation of the economy, not on prejudicial views on race.

dmitri m

mmm... thought provoking... i think your anger justified

*KGB*

no im not racist but i do h8 it when that happens.. eventually the imegrants will demand higher pay anyway

Track1

As long as you aren't angry BECAUSE they are Poles and EU people. Are they illegal and under the table. If so, they are stealing from you (job), your government (taxes), insurance companies and whoever else. Bad part is, there is no way to underbid them. You should also be angry at the people who hired them.

rwcrufler

No, it isn't. It's happening here in the US at an alarming rate. Our kids have few entry level jobs when they get out of school now.
The only difference is they are illegals and we still have our soveriegnty unlike the EU members.
Unfortunatey, some in power want to erode our soveriegnty and amnesty millions of illegals for a quick buck.

Sentinel

If they are Illegal Aliens, then they have no right to be taking American Jobs. Report them and the management who hired them without checking their status. IT IS AGAINST THE US LAWS TO HIRE, AID OR ABET ILLEGAL ALIENS!!!

Ida Slapter

Is there anyone anywhere in the world that knows the definition of racism? Guess what - the jobs didn't use to be low-paying!

cutie s

Of course it is not racist. Don't let them make you feel like one! Because that's how immigrants always get their way, by calling white people 'racists' to make them back down.

They also like to claim that they (the immigrants) do the socalled dirty jobs for us that we wouldn't want and this is obviously a lie and you prove it. They are stealing our jobs.

It's only normal that you feel angry and has nothing to do with racism.

mr. y

no.

charlotte m

no! people are too afraid of giving their opinions these days, through being scared of the 'racist' remark.
immigration is a big problem, and it has nothing to do with the persons origin!

shitebird

no !!

you have that right. raceist does not mean you Can't have a differing opinion.

so all you PC tw@ts need read a dictrionary. you know who you are

Pfo

No, it isn't. You dislike that group of people because you are competing with them for work. That's entirely natural. Unless your dislike has to do specifically with their race, it's not racist.

manforallseasons

You might well find that they turn up every day, take less sickies, which are usually the lazy UK'er sham anyway, work harder and come up with ideas, as opposed to a 'wharever' attitude.

Willow

Definitately not racist and your anger is totally justified in my view. We have always had a low skilled workforce on low wages, that is a fact of both life and the economy. Has anyone noticed that not too long after the government finally introduced a "reasonable" minimum wage we were inundated by immigrants who will work well below that rate? Quelle coincidence? Or a deliberate decision to allow employers to make more money for less expenditure? Another point that I often mention is that we taxpayers are subsidising low paid immigrant workers. Those on low wages are eligible for "working tax credits" once in receipt of this benefit they are eligible for many more. A detail I'm sure many employers who pay below minimum wage make their new employees aware of! Not that they need to, my local radio station has for weeks been advising low paid workers of their eligibility and urging them to apply for it.
My local pub employs a lovely young Polish girl, very nice very polite and hard working, but what she doesn't know about the "system" in this country could be written on a pinhead! The whole argument is not about racism but about being fair and just and putting the needs of the indigenous population first. I do not blame the immigrant seeking a better standard of living, I blame this corrupt, dishonest government and it's EU masters.
A comment for "alarafan".... I have cleaned more public toilets and wiped more old peoples a***s than you could shake a stick at, I believe that makes me more human not less worthy. I found your comment both insulting and a generalisation. I am reasonably intelligent (I don't need spellchecker lol) have never claimed a single benefit in my life and have worked since leaving university many years ago. Judge not lest you be judged, does your local college have courses in humanity and humility?

boshnpecs

No ! it would be racist if you said they should ONLY have low-paid jobs !

prettilexi

no it's not
good thinking

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robbie

No, I would say not. Providing your anger is directed only toward those workers and not toward other Eastern European non-immigrants. Your angry because they have monopolized the work force, not because of who they are or where they came from.

leafyselby

Not at all I wish they went back

MYRA C

I sure know where your coming from, however, that's not racism it's bigotry. Well, why not, we all are at one time or another maybe we don't know it yet but it happens - don't like to face up to it but there it is. Probably why these people are getting the jobs is their attitude & grateful for any type of job regardless of where they come from. I'm sure that's why long time Americans resented the Irish & German immigrants - I know that's why Canadians resented the Italian immigrants as well as British immigrants I was an ex-pat child in the 50's. You will find, however, that all of these low paid immigrants (some working 3 jobs) will not have their children doing the same thing. These children will get really good educations and be taught how to become good citizens of their adopted country & in 40 years could be leading the nation. Right now these kids are not out in the playing field - most likely they are sitting at a computer learning everything they can.
These children are socializing at home & school, watching, listening and I might add they have their input as well.

Seen it all before

not racist - no

you are entitled to think that you have been badly treated by greedy employers who choose to pay foreign workers less than the UK minimum wage

it is not racist to feel that the reason for your predicament is the arrival of a workforce that will work for less

they should not be employed for less than the UK minimum wage -m then it would be a level playing field

if an employer pays too little he should be reported - minimum wage means just that - not minimum to you and a bit less to someone else

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