On the surface that seems totally out of line.
In central Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, some construction supervisors have stated that the Hispanic employees are more knowledgeable, reliable, and willing to learn and to work than many other unemployed job applicants.
This is not simply a Black-Hispanic issue; although the Afro-American are affected. Could it be that an increasing number of Americans, of all races and gender, would rather live on welfare or unemployment than fill a demanding job-position.
Continued unemployment benefits, food stamps, etc., in some locales at least, may be contingent upon a recipient actively seeking employment. An employer’s signature on a job-search routing slip implies an active effort to seek employment. Personally, I have interviewed individuals applying for work that have cursed during an interview, been physically filthy, obnoxious, and have stated that all they wanted was a signature on a form and not a job. Could this explain why some alleged motivated workers are turned away.
Construction projects are visible. Do you really think it would be a wise move to pay sub-standard wages to illegal aliens while turn away qualified, willing legal workers? One might argue that hiring any employee is more a matter of a worker’s productivity, attitude, knowledge, and work ethics.
Perhaps you are right about race riots -- but let’s not identify job-market dynamics as the cause. The “gangsta” mentality arising from non-working bums, and racial hate groups that project blame for their lack of achievement, are far more probable, and proximal etiologies for the riots you foresee. |
