[fla-left] [news] Elian gets bizarre "guidance" from school (fwd)

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Thu Jan 20 09:55:02 PST 2000


At 11:30 AM 1/20/00 -0500, Michael Hoover quoted:
>> At Lincoln-Marti, the book will teach Elian that,
>> according to immigration laws, certain undesirables
>> are not allowed to come to this country: ``habitual
>> drunks, adulterers and sexually immoral people.''
>> Elian will read that Richard Nixon got a raw deal
>> when he was forced to resign as President, and
>> that Americans now regret this and honor him.

Such views are not much different from those shared by most immigrant communities in this country - which desperately try to be more "american" than native-born US-ers, hence: - staunchly conservative on social issues - bigoted (anti-feminist, anti-gay, racist, anti-communist) - zealously religious - staunchly opposed to education (or at least disdainful of it) - materialistic, pro-business, anti-tax and anti social welfare - ardently supporting the police and the law-and-order politicians like il duce Giuliani who is

a hero of most NYC immigrant communities.

such views are widely spread in the developing world and tend to be strengthened by emigration. Far from being purveyors of "revolutionary consciousness", the Third world and Eastern European immigrants to the US tend to be more reactionary, more pettit-bourgeois, and more anxious to vote Republican than an "average" US-er, especially on the East or the West Coast.

wojtek



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