Foreign Labourers are Human As Well

  

 

Racism is an issue all around the world. It has existed for thousands of years now, as most people have a bias towards their own race. According to the UN and The Guardian News, Some countries in the Middle East use slavery                                                                                          of foreign labourers still, and almost all the time they are treated                                                                                          as inferior, secondary citizens. These people leave their families                                                                                          to work and earn for them, and with the rough conditions they                                                                                              live in, and sometimes they don’t even get paid on time. At AIS-R,                                                                                          some students still follow this trend, often disrespecting and                                                                                                putting down the staff that work for them.

 

                                                                                         At AIS-R, some students follow the disrespecting of workers and                                                                                          do it themselves. Many students follow the tracks of unfair                                                                                                    labour contractors worldwide, and mistreat those who help and                                                                                            serve them. According to a survey,  79% of students have                                                                                                      claimed that they have witnessed workers being disrespected.                                                                                               After asking some questions on a survey for all of 8th Grade,                                                                                                most people have claimed that wealthy Middle Eastern males are the most disrespectful. Another survey stated that 91% of students believe that the workers are always respectful towards students.

 

I’ve also discovered what many students think about their peers, and what other workers witness and think about their colleagues being treated unfairly. I interviewed Khalil El Hajal, and he had some interesting things to say about his peers. When asked about what race he thinks disrespects workers the most, he said, “Mostly wealthy Arab kids.” This statement has been supported with the 6 other people I asked, and only 1 person said that white people are the most disrespectful. This is interesting because many Arab countries face problems with the UN and other countries that provide with foreign labour workers.

 

Everyone is human, and in the end, we’re all equal.  I  also asked Caden Baker, he replied, “I don’t think there is any problem if you’re Arab, but since most workers here are from the Philippines and the Indian Subcontinent, it causes problems because people here don’t like what they don’t know.” The statistics of the interviews and surveys agree, as all students and all workers (with the exception of 1) state that Middle Eastern boys are the most disrespectful.

 

A Seattle’s Best employee who claims he isn’t very used to being made of  said, “I’m new here, I was replaced by another worker but I don’t know the reason why.” When I told him that the worker was being harassed by students, he replied, “I see a lot of that happening still. I don’t blame him for what he did.” Emotional problems can also affect someone. He had something to say, “Yes, these people don’t deserve this, all they are doing is earning money for their families and they are being made fun of almost every day.”

 

A cafeteria worker who wished to remain anonymous, claims that he has been harassed by students and thinks that the race of the workers makes a plays a huge role in being harassed. When asked about whether being harassed causes emotional problems, he replied, “ Yes, it all depends on your tolerance level. I’ve had a friend who I’ve known for a while that has been affected by the student's treatment, and asked to be moved to another branch of Seattle’s Best.” (Reworded a couple of things.)

 

This is an issue we have to take into consideration, as it is impacting the lives of many people. As Nelson Mandela once said, “ No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, background, or his religion.