If I am asked on one more job application or on one more interview how fluent I am in Spanish, I think I will open a window like the guy in the old movie, Network and SCREAM - Im MAD AS HELL AND I CANT TAKE IT ANY MORE. Am I living in MEXICO or the United States? Living in Arizona is like living in Upper Mexico. It is difficult to work here in the health professions unless you speak Spanish. I have actually been told by managers in charge of hiring - The clients wont like you because you arent bi-lingual. When I was employed at one health care facility and very nicely asked a tech who spoke Spanish whether she could translate a few words for me when I was trying to counsel a patient on Federal Emergency Medicare because he didnt speak any English, I was told - for $100 I will. When I worked at another clinic, I was told by the nurses that only if you beg will the tech translate for you. I guess I didnt beg adequately because she just said - NO! I am most definitely a victim of REVERSE DISCRIMINATION living here in Arizona. It is so humiliating. It is so depressing. It is so discouraging. I did not come from a wealthy family. I worked damn hard putting myself through college and graduate school back in the 60s and 70s. I raised 3 children, one who was born multiply-handicapped. I survived 2 major cancers - lymphoma and breast cancer. And all the while - I worked and I worked and I worked. I have endured so many trials and so much heartache in this lifetime. But worse than 3 months of radiation that burns your flesh... and causes you to lose your hair and... worse than having your right breast chopped off because it is filled with cancer and... worse than the heartache of giving birth to a disabled child... Worse than all that is the humiliation and the loss of self-respect of UNEMPLOYMENT...because when you lose your Dignity...you have NOTHING LEFT.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:04:40 +0000
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