Re: The Reason For All The Minorities Here..
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Its Culture
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Date: January 01, 2012 09:19AM
I have lived in northern VA for over 30yrs and have seen all the changes, good and bad. I believe the root of immigrant-hatred is primarily a result of the huge culture gap.
First generation immigrants from Africa, Asia, South America, and Middle East are coming from cultures that completely lack Western etiquette and, in some cases, ethic.
To me, it's the sum of the missing elements in each immigrants' respective culture that causes the domesticated American such grief and disgust.
Here are examples that we experience in daily life:
1. The blue-collar hispanic guy dropping trash on the ground.
2. The annoying Asian group talking loudly with seemingly no awareness of the setting.
3. The African neighbor that expands his driveway instead of keeping a nice lawn.
4. The Middle Eastern used car guy that has no qualms about lying, cheating, and deceiving a potential buyer.
In all four examples, we as honest hard-working Americans, immediately place judgement on the violating foreigner and condemn them and their entire race.
I wish that every immigrant would immediately assimilate the ideals, ethics, and culture of traditional western America. What I realize after all these years is that it takes 2 to 3 generations before that happens. It just doesn't stick with 1st generation immigrants and it never has.
In 150 years, there will be good honest hard-working Americans that have the same revulsion at the "disgusting foreigners" that you have right now. These Americans will have great grandfathers named Jose, Gupta, and Jhoon Kim.
Happy New Year 2012!