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Originally Posted by Coaster
Get some perspective. The same comments have been made (barring the genital mutilation) about every immigrant group that has come to America -- French Canadian, Irish, Jewish, Swedes, Jamaicans, Czechs, and on and on. The first generation always creates its own enclaves and clannish associations. It's the second and third generations that assimilate with a vengeance, move out of the "old neighborhoods" and join the larger society.
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I'm Asian American and this is true for me, what you say. Almost all my friends are non-Asian. I speak Chinese at home with my parents but I don't know anything about anime or ping pong (stereotypical Asian things here). I listen to country music, support the military and watch only football and basketball. However that's because my town was mostly non-Asian until the past 5 years.
The "old neighborhoods" argument isn't always true....not when the said "neighborhood" includes all of West and South Texas, all of Southern California, and all of South Florida. When the U.S. plays Mexico in the World Cup, Mexican Americans cheer for Mexico. A lot of illegal aliens' kids who were born in America do not speak proper English or still have a heavy Spanish accent.
Also modern technology makes it harder for immigrants to assimilate. 100 years ago, it took weeks for a letter to get to Italy and there were only a few Italian newspapers in the U.S. People were naturally distanced from their home countries in Europe and had to speak English to function in America. Now that people can get Al-Jazeera or Mexican TV stations, they watch those instead of American news. A lot of Muslims here followed the Iraq war only on al-Jazeera, giving them a very biased and anti-American viewpont.
A lot of Mexicans here only listen to and watch Spanish language TV and radio which is heavily radical and supportive of illegal immigration. Also, immigrants travel regularly back to their home countries. I really hope immigrants from around the world can integrate into our country but it seems less and less likely as time goes by.
I actually only came on the Maine board to respond to the guy complaining about "hot weather"
But this caught my attention since illegals are an issue I really care about. I didn't know there are illegals even in Maine. My friend wrote a letter to our local MD senator complaining our illegals and she actually wrote back saying how if we arrested all the illegals now our crabbing/seafood industry will collapse. I guess same thing with lobster up there?
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