I have always been amazed how the Vietnamese came here with nothing back in the 70’s and have become a driving Economic force, at least here in Orange County, CA.
They stuck together as Families, with everyone doing whatever was necessary to improve their lives. They overcame the Language Barrier and they made sure their Children worked hard and got a College Education.
In one Generation they overcame so much, yet we have an entire segment of the Population that has gone the opposite direction the more the Government has tried to “help” them.
The price of Liberal White Guilt knows no bounds.
Failure upon failure, yet we end with an Obama, amazing.
the black family used to be like that til they embraced liberlism in the 60s and self destructed.
I knew a guy in college who came USA in 1976 as a "boat person," at the age of 10 - not knowing any english. 12 years later, he was valedictorian of our graduating class, on his way to Johns Hopkins Medical School.
True, true. You know, I’ve never seen a black-run nail salon or doughnut shop. Oh, I’m sure they exist. Somewhere. But I haven’t seen one. Ever. My point, of course, is that Vietnamese are willing to work hard in low-margin, small businesses.
They all seem to think wealth will just be handed to them.... Like it was to Obama.
I imagine most of those Vietnamese have a very strong family structure.
They stuck together as Families, with everyone doing whatever was necessary to improve their lives. They overcame the Language Barrier and they made sure their Children worked hard and got a College Education.
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In the DFW area of TX, there are ‘pockets’ of Vietnamese and Chinese. They pool their communal wealth and help each other to buy houses, stores, restaurants, etc., thereby taking over entire neighborhoods.
As a Manager at a major defense contractor in the ‘90s, I became a friend of a Chinese I.E. Engineer who worked in an adjacent area. He was only about 35, but also had a Masters in Finance.
One day he told me he was leaving the company. His community had selected him to be in control of all of their pooled investments to provide the best gains for all in the community. That was a heavy responsibility and a huge honor.
While the VN and Chinese here are Americanized and get along well with others, they, like all other people, prefer to live among people of the same culture. They are successful.
Imagine if Blacks and Hispanics had the same priorities of financially helping their communities in a similar way by pooling their money to invest in the ‘pockets’ where they choose to live. I know they support each other ethnically and racially, but they could do much better by studying the methods employed by the Asian groups in America, IMO.
The people who came here from SE Asia, came here with nothing and were given nothing. They have become very successful.
Others who came here with nothing and were given everything have been conditioned to expect support and there is no urgency to succeed.
so here we are.
hunger is a real motivator.
Same with people from India and Pakistan. They live in their stores. Work every shift and never seem to go home. I don’t fault them a bit.