Bill D, the word I would use to describe your Latino neighbors is "triflin".

[I'm sure that you know what that word means, but for those who don't here's two definitions from urbandictionary.com-"Any wrong or inappropriate action taken against one, for selfish or pointless reasons," and "describing a situation, person, or event that is pathetic".

And that ain't even the half of that word's meaning].

I don't live in a transitional neighborhood, so it's easy for me to say that it seems that what you are talking about is class and not race/ethnicity. I'm sure you know that there are some triflin White folks in the world too. And I don't want them living near me any more than I want any African American, Latino, Asian, or Native Americans who are triflin' as neighbors.

I wish that I had some suggestions that would help you deal with the situation you describe, but I can't think of any that you probably haven't already thought of.

And I'm not going to "preach to the choir" about how you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. You know that better than me.

I wish you well,

Azizi