Hispanic employees protest after being told to change their first names
TAOS, N.M. - Larry Whitten marched into this northern New Mexico town in late July on a mission: resurrect a failing hotel.
The tough-talking former Marine immediately laid down some new rules. Among them, he forbade the Hispanic workers at the run-down, Southwestern adobe-style hotel from speaking Spanish in his presence (he thought they'd be talking about him), and ordered some to Anglicize their names.
"I do feel he's a racist, but he's a racist out of ignorance.
He doesn't know that what he's doing is wrong," says protester Juanito Burns Jr.
The messages and comments he made in interviews with local media, including referring to townsfolk as "mountain people" and "potheads who escaped society," further enflamed tensions.
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I believe this guy is totally wrong on every level.
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Comments: 2 ( 1 removed by Richard Owl Mirror )
Now what could be wrong with this article that calls for a rating of ONE ?
And the individual is cowardly in that they can't even offer an explanation for their action but, rather do so by hiding in the shadows.
Who ever you are, you are a pitiful example of a human-being.
Anyways, here is the link
I am sorry you didn't see the provided link.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33479833/ns/us_news-race_and_ethnicity/