Comments on: Unemployment In New England Highest Among Latinos http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/17/minority-unemployment Boston's NPR News Source Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:12:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tb http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/17/minority-unemployment/comment-page-1#comment-820 tb Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:57:40 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=5656#comment-820 are they talking about illegal aliens?.... ive seen many of them working while i dont have work..... and i was born here, i have no sympathy for unemployed illegal aliens, i wish them all the best in their country though.im not the only one in this boat.i know many american tradesmen out of work, we cant go to mexico and take jobs, even if we wanted to, wed be locked up for breaking in. are they talking about illegal aliens?…. ive seen many of them working while i dont have work….. and i was born here, i have no sympathy for unemployed illegal aliens, i wish them all the best in their country though.im not the only one in this boat.i know many american tradesmen out of work, we cant go to mexico and take jobs, even if we wanted to, wed be locked up for breaking in.

]]> By: cc http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/17/minority-unemployment/comment-page-1#comment-795 cc Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:25:11 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=5656#comment-795 I do like listening to NPR, but sometimes the reporting misses the mark when obvious potential factors or closely related items aren't taken into consideration. Could people's legal working status (or lack there of) play a role here? The report brought up education, location, but missed the mark on legal status. What are the ratios of unemployed amongst different ethnic groups with valid/legal working status? I like NPR because it normally presents the whole story, but it feels that more and more there are some particular topics where political views of the reporters or management enters into the reporting and diminishes the process. This is a disturbing development. I do like listening to NPR, but sometimes the reporting misses the mark when obvious potential factors or closely related items aren’t taken into consideration.

Could people’s legal working status (or lack there of) play a role here? The report brought up education, location, but missed the mark on legal status. What are the ratios of unemployed amongst different ethnic groups with valid/legal working status?

I like NPR because it normally presents the whole story, but it feels that more and more there are some particular topics where political views of the reporters or management enters into the reporting and diminishes the process. This is a disturbing development.

]]> By: np http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/17/minority-unemployment/comment-page-1#comment-788 np Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:25:34 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=5656#comment-788 Shouldn't the employment eligibility of the people who are out of work be factored into this analysis? Also, shouldn't this report address how the unemployment numbers for blacks and whites would be affected if illegal workers were out of the pool? Shouldn’t the employment eligibility of the people who are out of work be factored into this analysis? Also, shouldn’t this report address how the unemployment numbers for blacks and whites would be affected if illegal workers were out of the pool?

]]> By: Tom PS http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/17/minority-unemployment/comment-page-1#comment-782 Tom PS Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:50:35 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=5656#comment-782 None of the people interviewed mention an all-too-obvious, but disturbing possible explanation for this trend...fear by employers of employing people who potentially might be undocumented - combined with (in some cases) growing anti-Latino racism related to anti-immigrant rhetoric entering mainstream discourse in the past few years. None of the people interviewed mention an all-too-obvious, but disturbing possible explanation for this trend…fear by employers of employing people who potentially might be undocumented – combined with (in some cases) growing anti-Latino racism related to anti-immigrant rhetoric entering mainstream discourse in the past few years.

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