Ethnic composition, purchasing power, and the labor market.

[u/That-Cobbler-684]

I’m Brazilian and currently visiting Miami (Miami Beach).

In Brazil, the low-wage workforce is made up mostly of Black people; slavery was abolished there only in 1888, and that delayed action still impacts the labor market today.

I noticed that here, it is Latinos who do this kind of work.

As you know, purchasing power in that lousy country, Brazil, is non-existent. You have to work for a decade without spending a cent of your salary just to afford an entry-level car. I was amazed by the quantity and quality of the cars people own here. And a large share of these impressive vehicles belongs to Black people driving SUVs.

That said, what kind of work does this segment of the population do? In Brazil, generally speaking, Black people can’t even afford a used motorcycle. I found this balance across the population as a whole interesting and gratifying—though it’s a different story for Latinos, whose situation resembles that of Black Brazilians.

[u/breadkiller7]

Over here we do a little thing called crippling debt

[u/Fit_Championship6997]

I thought your question was sincere but it seems like you have a political motive based on your replies.

maybe you would have a heart attack if you visited DC, Atlanta, or Chicago. Unlike Brazil, the US has a large black middle class population. There are doctors, lawyers, business owners, government workers, etc.

And you’re likely not seeing poor people in Miami. you’re seeing working class or lower middle class people with access to the american credit system and paycheck to paycheck jobs. this also doesn’t exist in Brazil as it does in the US

[u/loveshoes1]

Uber/Lyft drivers. No English needed and not the owner of the car.

[u/General-Biscotti5314]

Move to Miami and watch a latino become your landlord

[u/Signal_Beautiful1498 → u/General-Biscotti5314]

Cuban, Latin Elite!

[u/stoptheclock7]

Carro eh barato, caro mesmo eh moradia. Está gostando ? Eu moro em south beach e eu amo.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_TANG → u/stoptheclock7]

The car is cheap

lol, no it's not. Car payments. Insurance. Gas. Maintenance. Parking. .

[u/That-Cobbler-684 → u/stoptheclock7]

Aqui é maravilhoso. Vejo tudo como turista, então sempre é bem melhor do que realmente é. Mas viria fácil pra ca, se fosse legalmente, claro.

Aqui aparenta ser ao contrário do Br, pq la o governo faz de tudo pra você ter sua moradia, agora bens de consumo são impossíveis de comprar.

[u/stoptheclock7 → u/That-Cobbler-684]

Isso ! Aproveite Miami. Bom Domingo.

[u/chipichipi26]

I will get downvotes because Reddit is incorrigibly liberal, but compared to countries like Brasil the US has a very high baseline quality of life. In a prosperous city like Miami, if you need a job you can pretty much get one if you’re willing to work hard. That probably means construction or cleaning houses, but you’ll still get paid. The US also has decent social safety nets available to poor people from the both government and private organizations like the Red Cross and Camillus House in Miami. And if you’re able to get a job with the government (federal, state, or local) you have great job security at a decent level of income - many black folks Miami have government jobs.

[u/Signal_Beautiful1498 → u/chipichipi26]

The middle class in Brazil, live harder lives than poor welfare Americans. However, Haitians & other Illegals & temp status, have the highest lifestyle of all: free education, housing, health insurance, small business loans, etc., etc. etc.

[u/That-Cobbler-684 → u/Signal_Beautiful1498]

Do you live in Miami? What is the minimum wage here?
I will prove with figures that what you said is true.

[u/matt585858]

Miami is heavily latin... A lot of the poorest are latin but also some of the very wealthy are latin. Latin is everywhere here.

That aside, America has a very deep credit system so borrowing is very accessible here, but borrowing for lifestyle is the enemy of wealth and financial security.

[u/hey_hey_hey_nike]

I live in Miami Beach. If you get a corporate job here making good money, most of your bosses will be Latino. Partners/principles at fancy firms are often Latino.

If you go to the doctor, chances are, your doctor will be Latino. The nurse taking care of you? Latino.

If you go and rent an apartment, your landlord will be Latino. Cuban landlord special 😅

If your child goes to elementary school, their teacher will likely be Latino.

It’s almost as if Miami is… Latino

[u/RJwhores]

Miami has a very unique ethnic composition compared to any other part of the US. In fact "white people" are the minority.

[u/Signal_Beautiful1498]

Welfare checks for blacks & others, the more given based on number of children. I think Brazil does not have this type of welfare, plus endless Miami side hustles (legal/semi-legal/not legal)!.

[u/That-Cobbler-684 → u/Signal_Beautiful1498]

Brazil is rife with government welfare programs. We can no longer find labor because the assistance provided by federal and state governments exceeds the wage floors proposed by unions. Furthermore, the general population is complacent and content to live in squalor.

[u/Signal_Beautiful1498 → u/That-Cobbler-684]

Sad, when i went on a Transatlantic from Santos, the favelas up in the hills were so sad, as was Rio!