This Research Study examines discrimination towards the Hispanic race in the workplace. The Research was conducted in the city of Asheville, North Carolina. The present study seeks to state the implications of being discriminated in the workplace. The study was thought so half of the participants in the study would be Hispanics and the other half would be Caucasian. The Independent Variables were the Hispanics and the Caucasians. The Dependent Variable was the determined workplace. The research was conducted with sixty participants. Forty of the participants in the Research were given a survey to fill with approximately fifteen quantitative questions. Twenty participants were interviewed, so the research will have the qualitative portion as well. The hypothesis stated that, Hispanics would be much more discriminated than the Caucasians. The methods used to test and verify the hypothesis was a T-test assuming unequal variances. The research concluded that discrimination towards Hispanics in the workplace was apparent. Even Caucasian that stated that they did not felt discriminated they knew that discrimination towards Hispanics existed, even so, in their own work environment. Extended literature review from many aspect of discrimination was done. Graphs were also prepared from the quantitative part, to physically show the differences. Possible solutions to this problem are proposed. Limitations and future research are discussed.
