Changing Trump’s stereotype about immigrants
Monday, April 29, 2019
Fernandez, Jorge
There is a definition by President Donald Trump about immigrants, what he thinks is that immigrants are all bad people, that they are bad for the United States when in the other hand this is not true. In June 16, 2017 President Donald Trump gave a speech saying the following “Thank you. It's true, and these are the best and the finest. When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” On the contrary about his speech, in the United States there is people that like many other immigrants come to the United States to succeed, to have a better life, to have a better future and a good education.
I am going to change a little bit this bad thought about immigrants with immigrant people that have filled us with proud, with people that have showed us that it is possible to succeed in the United States. Before I start talking about succesful immigrants I’m just going to give you a fact. CNBC “As of 2012, the most recent figure, there were 3.3 million Hispanic-owned businesses, a modest rise from 2007. But the odds of middle-aged, college-educated Hispanics becoming millionaires are less than 7 percent, while those of Caucasians are better than 21 percent. And those odds only go up for immigrants.” I will show you 2 immigrants that have made it here in the U.S. I am going to talk about Jorge Perezco-founder and CEO of The Related Group. CNBC “ Born in Argentina, Jorge Pérez came to the United States in 1968 after finishing high school. Settling in Miami, he, perhaps more than anyone else, is responsible for the skyline of that city. Pérez has a net worth of $2.8 billion, according to Forbes, and has been called “The condo king of South Florida” by the Wall Street Journal.”
Another important person is Beto Perez, the creator of Zumba. CBNC“Zumba, the dance fitness regiment that has been popular for more than a decade, got its start in Colombia in 1986. Perez, an aerobics instructor at the time, forgot the regular music for his class, so he improvised with a tape of Latin music he’d recorded from the radio. Thirteen years later he moved to Miami to grow the business. Today 15 million people at 200,000 locations in 180 countries take Zumba classes, according to the company.” I could keep going you know giving examples of immigrants that run important businesses but the point here is to demonstrate that we are good people, we come here to produce more, to make more. Thank You.
References:
Phillips, Amber “‘They’re rapists.’ President Trump’s campaign launch speech two years later, annotated” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/16/theyre-rapists-presidents-trump-campaign-launch-speech-two-years-later-annotated/?utm_term=.e5145d492adf
CNBC, “5 self-made Hispanic immigrant millionaires” https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/12/5-self-made-hispanic-us-immigrant-millionaires.html
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