Latino Themed Businesses Going Bust Too

[Jeanfromfillmore]

Originally Posted by ilbegone

I've seen this quite often.

There are others who will charge an English speaking white American or American born Latinos twice as much as they would a Mexican national while putting on the "my friend" act.

There are others who are fairly non discriminatory concerning sales to their customer base, regardless as to how dishonest they are concerning legality or following appropriate business regulations.

I still fail to understand how someone can come to this country illegally and penniless, work for peanuts, and still somehow open a restaurant. That is one tough business needing savvy and financial means, and regulatory and other hoops to be jumped through are daunting and difficult, often for the connected as well as the newcomer total stranger in town.

Some of the restaurants are opened by the drug cartels and they use them to laundry money and make connections.

[Kathy63]

THIS store is begging for sympathy because those mean nasty gringos won't shop at their store. It's all the fault of the Americans. It's really racism.

Why didn't Blockbuster think of that when they closed? Or Hollywood Video? Or any of the other stores selling a technology that has become dated. This store knows (and is forced to admit it) that their customers have gone to buying their music on line. The only reason why anyone came through the door was to hang out and listen to some freebies.

They need to all have a collective hand wringing.