Posted on 06/14/2004 9:01:34 PM PDT by FairOpinion
.....considering how bad we (the US) shafted them at the end of the war. We actually "owe" them.
I'll give'em a pass. If their kids are in fact "coming around" that's a good sign, they're assimilating into our culture.
....once again, if you actually look into the relationship between the US and the Hmong. We actually DO owe them.
There is a large variety of cultures in Asia, and often cultures are shaped by environmental conditions. For instance, the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans of North Asia are considered "workaholics" by their Southeast Asian neighbors in Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia, and Indonesia, whom they consider very "laid back."
I think that this is as much a factor of climate as anything else. In northern regions (not only in Asia, but also in Europe and the Americas), which have four seasons, people traditionally had to work hard, economize, and prepare for the harsh winter months; whereas, in the tropical south, life was much easier-going, and people tended to worry less about the future.
Nowadays, climate is not so much a factor, but because the U.S. was settled primarily by Northern Europeans who were accustomed to harsh winter conditions, the "work" ethic has prevailed. (Contrast that with the more "laid-back" lifestyle of the Southern Europeans who settled in Latin America.)
Immigrants who can relate to the cultural values of their host country will probably have an easier time assimilating.
Native American might be a good choice --- has the government ever sent you your Indian money or allowed you to open a casino?
I can actually see affirmative action to a point for certain situations. When there were mostly white police or fire departments for mostly black neighborhoods, or postal carriers --- you would suspect racism might have been a factor and to change that you could try to find qualified blacks to hire even if when you had two equal job candidates you might lean toward the black.
No, but now that you mention it, maybe I should DEMAND my rights. Nah! I'll make it on my own without a government hand or handout. What I really want is for the government to get out of the way and stop giving preferential treatment to the crybabies.
George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent
On the other hand, they favor a big welfare state and set asides (on their behalf). They're not as conservative as you think.
| Year | Candidate | % of Jewish Vote |
| 1916 | ||
| Hughes (R) | 45 | |
| Wilson (D) | 55 | |
| 1920 | ||
| Harding (R) | 43 | |
| Cox (D) | 19 | |
| Debs (Soc) | 38 | |
| 1924 | ||
| Coolidge (R) | 27 | |
| Davis (D) | 51 | |
| La Folette (Progressive) | 22 | |
| 1928 | ||
| Hoover (R) | 28 | |
| Smith (D) | 72 | |
| 1932 | ||
| Hoover (R) | 18 | |
| Roosevelt (D) | 82 | |
| 1936 | ||
| Landon (R) | 15 | |
| Roosevelt (D) | 85 | |
| 1940 | ||
| Wilkie (R) | 10 | |
| Roosevelt (D) | 90 | |
| 1944 | ||
| Dewey (R) | 10 | |
| Roosevelt (D) | 90 | |
| 1948 | ||
| Dewey (R) | 10 | |
| Truman (D) | 75 | |
| Wallace (Progressive) | 15 | |
| 1952 | ||
| Eisenhower (R) | 36 | |
| Stevenson (D) | 64 | |
| 1956 | ||
| Eisenhower (R) | 40 | |
| Stevenson (D) | 60 | |
| 1960 | ||
| Nixon (R) | 18 | |
| Kennedy (D) | 82 | |
| 1964 | ||
| Goldwater (R) | 10 | |
| Johnson (D) | 90 | |
| 1968 | ||
| Nixon (R) | 17 | |
| Humphrey (D) | 81 | |
| Wallace (I) | 2 | |
| 1972 | ||
| Nixon (R) | 35 | |
| McGovern (D) | 65 | |
| 1976 | ||
| Ford (R) | 27 | |
| Carter (D) | 71 | |
| McCarthy (I) | 2 | |
| 1980 | ||
| Reagan (R) | 39 | |
| Carter (D) | 45 | |
| Anderson (I) | 14 | |
| 1984 | ||
| Reagan (R) | 31 | |
| Mondale (D) | 67 | |
| 1988 | ||
| Bush (R) | 35 | |
| Dukakis (D) | 64 | |
| 1992 | ||
| Bush (R) | 11 | |
| Clinton (D) | 80 | |
| Perot (I) | 9 | |
| 1996 | ||
| Dole (R) | 16 | |
| Clinton (D) | 78 | |
| Perot (I) | 3 | |
| 2000 | ||
| Bush (R) | 19 | |
| Gore (D) | 79 | |
| Nader (G) | 1 |
With four daughters in tow I believe I have done my part. Everyone else here needs to get down to business.
There are many people living in the Baltic states, Belarus, Ukraine, Chech Republic, etc who would make fine Americans.
Several years back I heard an interview from an admissions director at Stanford. He stated that if not for quotas (my word, not his) the entire freshman class would be Asian.
Due to the immigration bill of 1962, immigration in any future year is based on the races of the immigrants of the previous year. Asians and hispanics have "gamed" the system by having large families of "cousins" back in the homeland and these people are given priority. Recently, Kennedy, who sponsored the '62 bill had congress pass a special quota for the folk in Ireland, without which they would have faced a logjam due to the way the bill works. Changing the law would be a good idea, except that congress does not want to re-address the issue, because the people are to a great extant dissappointed with the state of immigration.
BTW, the "explosive" growth in population has had one desired effect, social security will not go bankrupt as early as previously thought. This is one of the reasons congress does not want to change things, it is getting them out of some fiscal trouble, plus the democrats think they are getting more voters, and republicans think they are getting more low income workers for industry.
Here's my take. Asians are not identified as a disinfranchised minority, however, for the most part asian immigrants come from some of the worst places on earth. America to them is to what it was of the Irish, Italians and eastern europeans of a a century ago. they see America as a place where you come to work hard and succeed - and you WILL succeed if you WORK HARD.
Middle class white America has been beaten down by liberal-inflicted guilt and a blue-collar philosophy of "I'm not worth it". Asians and Indians are free of both these things so they achieve without stopping.
It has little to do with your race and has everything to do with your attitude.
They'd probably be better off cleaning up the islamic mess in their own country. With the mineral resources that Iran currently possesses & a budding democracy next door, the potential exists for several economic powerhouses to grow side by side.
Asians is now the pc euphemism for Orientals.
Consider Asians - Japanese, a Russian(either Caucasian or Siberian) in Vladivostok, Cambodians, Iranians, Chinese, Thai, Indonesians, Nepalese. Heck Even Iraqis could be Asians.
PC'ism leads to such paradoxes.
Well, I was answering the point of getting more whites to migrate to the US. Seems like we should ask the super whites -- the Iranis -- to come.
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