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To: voletti

Model minority is such a tired, irritating term.


16 posted on 02/25/2009 3:05:33 AM PST by cyborg (I passed my nursing board exam.)
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To: cyborg
Does this continuing success imply they will become a political force? Here, Gov. Jindal is actually a rarity. Indians are still underrepresented in politics, and they do not specialize in the kinds of fields (law and finance) most conducive to political careers.

My Chinese buddies HATE that term. I had one of them tell me once that calling them a "model minority" and praising their politeness implies that they're weak and passive. They hate that. I told him I like polite people generally because Americans have become such a bunch of rude @$$holes generally. That calmed him down.

The real bad news about Indians, as I see it, is that most of the ones I talk to claim to be Democrats. That tells me they understand nothing about who the Democrats really are, and how much they threaten the wealth and success of Indians specifically and Americans in general.

You have to be crazy to leave your home, fly 24 hours to come to a country where you barely speak the language, risking everything you have, and then vote for someone who thinks that the reason you're well off is because you've hit life's lottery.

37 posted on 02/25/2009 4:10:33 AM PST by Hardastarboard (The Fairness Doctrine isn't about "Fairness" - it's about Doctrine.)
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