Without having to venture into the back of every restaurant in this city, you know their faces. Without having to open your eyes as you walk down any given street, their culture is heard and felt resonating into the consciousness of each New Yorker. All channels of business and every aspect of society recognize the wealth in their numbers. But who yields to their influence?

Has the unequal bargaining amongst the social and economic classes ever benefited anyone other than the particularly wealthy?

I have unplugged myself from the machine long enough to wander how long will this process delay before the ongoing state of neglect and inequitable results that plague the Latinos seize.

I have always chosen to believe that the sensory issues that have inhibited Americans from acknowledging the social, economic, and political importance of this sleeping giant was just a matter of sacrificing one generation of immigrants. Of course, the kids of the Mexican cooks or Dominican dishwashers, slaving in the Italian kitchens across the city, will take those college credits and turn them into social capital. Then we would all breath a sigh of relief and agree that capitalism does not discriminate. I am measuring time while keeping the pulse of the countries' acceptance and hoping that Latinos are not just limited to the arts. Until our numbers threaten the American consciousness to change or until our determination for equality is properly cultivated, we will continue to speak our divided colonial tongue in the service areas of this grand ol' party.

Ramon A Martinez Esq
Martinez Law Group PC
277 Broadway
Suite 1600
New York NY 10007
T 212.267.1200
F 212.267.1201
E-mail: Ramon@martinezpc.com

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