How Does Discrimination Affect Latinos

Thesis statement would be Over the past years there are numerous encounters of discrimination in the Los Angeles area towards Latinos. Discrimination affects Latinos mentally and physically in several ways. Latinos face racial profiling, verbal and physical discrimination. It's not even their fault that they face this kind of discrimination, but how people in society viewed them as. In California there are laws to limit discrimination against minorities, especially with Latinos in the Los Angeles area, why is it that Anglo-Europeans still discriminate minorities with the laws enforced, not for this to happen. Should the government reinforce the laws with harsh consequences in order to eliminate discrimination towards minorities because of the negative impact it has on them? …show more content…
Discrimination affects latinos mentally and physically in several ways. For example Latinos that go to college trying to get a higher education to overcome poverty with discrimination making it harder for latinos students to become successful in graduating because they experience physiological and behavioral stress during these encounters in campus. Latinos are equally important as any other race and the government needs to make stricter laws to end discrimination for happening.
The opposing claim would be that Latinos need to stay in there place because whites feel threatened when the latino population increased in their area where they live. Los angeles is diverse with black, asians and latinos. As well the asian population increased whites don't have a problem with them. Whites feel more comfortable living and interacting with them. Whites feel threatened because latinos look like criminals and rapist. They fear that Latinos are being more valued than whites that can affect them. Whites feel that they are taking everything away from