Discriminating Important Hispanic Groups Vs Opportunities

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Important Hispanic American Groups Discriminated Vs Opportunities

by Victor Pinzon

Washington, DC July 20, 2000

        Hispanic Americans are the fastest growing ethnic community in the United States. Today Hispanics may be 35 million. The US Census projects Hispanics will be 98 million in 2050 and about 190 million by 2100 of the total population of the US. Hispanics contribute substantially to the economic and tax base of the US economy, security and growth. But Hispanics are not getting their fair share of the big socio-economic-political pie they help to make. Hispanics and certain important Hispanic groups continue to be ignored and shut out of the process where policy is made and even implemented. This is not fair and certainly no democratic. "Taxation without representation is no democracy." Furthermore, Hispanics need specific outreaching to programs and resources to engage them to be even more significant participants and contributors.

    The Americas Foundation after substantial evaluation and studies finds that, Hispanic Americans, as back in their countries, are strong family oriented and with some rich diverse cultural traits, but beyond the family they are not community oriented nor strong community builders. Hispanic/Latinos, just as in their countries of origin, traditionally do not participate in certain critical community activities, particularly educational, philanthropy, economic community development and civil-political community activities. Hispanic/Latinos are polarized by country of origin with deep divisions and conflicts among each country community. There are at least twenty one such countries. Additionally, Hispanics historically have and continue discriminating among themselves a trait brought with them, along with other undesirable behavioral patterns, from their countries of origin.

    Our Foundation also has found that in general, most Hispanic Americans appointed or employed, by the Federal and other Governments as in the private sector, to top management and even middle level positions place glass ceilings under them or close the doors behind them to the Hispanic/Latino communities after they are appointed or employed. Only three Hispanic American groups have achieved political representation, they are: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans and Cuban Americans. And, they unfortunately do not work together. The rest of Hispanic Americans, those of South and Central American origin have not elected anyone to political office of significance in the United States. Thus, Hispanic Americans of South and Central American origin, without political representation, are further ignored and discriminated; under represented, under served and under employed.

    The above stated conditions create substantial waste of valuable human and economic resources every day for everyone. Our Foundation has developed strategic plans and solutions to this very important paradigm.

    Our Foundation has been developing and testing, since 1991, through evaluation, studies and limited implementation certain innovative strategic plans and programs addressing and offering effective solutions to the above and other wasteful Hispanic/Latino conditions. We have designed various programs and projects to help our communities at the local, national, and hemispheric levels to overcome those deficiencies and negative behavioral patterns. Our programs and projects address and help break down the barriers that keep us apart.

     Our programs and projects show the benefits and rewards we will receive as we come together and work together empowering educationally, economically and politically our people in the US and throughout Latin America and Caribbean. Hispanic/Latinos in the United States and Latin Americans desperately need NGO organizations like our Foundation that understand their sensitiveness, idiosyncrasies, and the needs and challenges that they face. They need organizations like our Foundation that offer creative and innovative proven solutions to their needs and challenges. Our Foundation seeks to help Hispanic/Latinos and other communities, directly and in strategic partnerships, to overcome their historical educational, economic, social and political representation disadvantages patterns that do not work and that create great waste every day for everyone.

    We believe and work towards establishing a "critical mass" of Hispanic Americans to become a force to help contribute to lead the people of Latin America to a wonderful and bright economic, social, educational and political block where social justice and educational/economic/political opportunity is equal for everyone.

    Our Foundation invites you to join and actively participate with us; and requests your strong support, matching funds, resources and tax deduction donations to help us implement and expand our tested programs and projects to benefit our people and communities. Please call us, visit our website and or allow us to meet with you to answer any questions you may have.

    Our Hemispheric Forum TV program, our website www.theamericas.org and our newsletter The Latin Quarter News, soon to be a newspaper provide details of our programs, projects, special events and legislative agenda, in particular our most ambitious project to build La Casa de las Americas in Washington. Support our efforts so that together -as a strong, united winning team- we will successfully overcome what does not work for the benefit of everyone.

And, remember, “United We prevail”

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