Ramón didn’t understand. He said he did but he didn’t. He said he did because he wanted to make his supervisor happy. Making his supervisor happy cost him his life. Making his supervisor happy cost his family their husband, their father, their provider.
I know that Latinos should learn English. I know and believe this as much as anyone, so let's just get this point out of the way. Perhaps someday I'll write an article in Spanish about the subject so you can hand it to your Hispanic employees but for right now I want to invite you to open your mind to consider why and how you should learn this language.
The power of a strong brand draws people. It allows people to trust you much more quickly than a weak or nonexistent brand. Unfortunately, a lot of companies have weak brands.
Carrying some tough measures, such as allowing police to ask for legal documentation at any time from anyone they please, this bill has some far-reaching consequences-the largest of which might be psychological. Members of your present workforce will walk around with compounded levels of fear, as if this is not already an issue. Will the new proposed fences to be built on the border as part of this Bill hold back a future group of immigrants? It is doubtful, to be sure.
Right after Thanksgiving of last year, I was giving a conference for some business owners in Arizona and this Anglo gentleman approached me with the following statement: "Why are some of my Hispanics so ungrateful?"