A superbowl full of Koreans or Japanese, under the same conditions, would have organized itself into platoons, companies and battalions, with elected leaders.
There would have been child care centers, security teams, and foraging teams.
In fact, I did hear of Vietnamese areas in NO turning down help, because they had their areas under control, were prepared, and said others needed emergency help more than they did.
You can't ignore the cultural factors in a crisis like this.
I quite agree, what I'm saying is that the culture can be influenced, for good or bad, by government policies.
There was a group of Vietnamese that self-organised for self-protection in the Dome. They told the Guard guys that they could wait and be on the last buses out! One of them is a former interpreter of an SF bud of mine.
d.o.l.
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