True.
(And for some reason, I pictured an elderly Asian man with a long white goatee who ended the above advice with “Grasshopper”).
:-)
The Cons seem to focus on the loss of “separateness.” It amazes me that the same folks who self-segregate seem to complain the most about not having any of the benefits of being part of the larger community.
A separate C of C may have been necessary at one time, but that time has passed.
Come to think of it, I have not seen many hispanic business that are members of the Hispanic C of C.
The Hispanic business with which I frequently do business are members of the Lubbock C of C and not the Hispanic C of C. The attitude is also different; these business owners do not see themselves as separate from the community, but rather an equal member of it.