On Apr 17, 2006, at 7:48 PM, joanna wrote:
> As an immigrant and the daughter of immgrants, I'd like to address
> a couple of issues:
>
> Immigrants and the work ethic.
>
> I don't know of a single immigrant who does not work their ass off.
> If you're the kid of immigrants, you absorb a daily mantra of work,
> work, work, work. Work in school, work at work, work, work, work.
> This is also necessary because a lot of immigrants come over with
> just the clothes on their back, so they really have to build from
> nothing. My father came here when he was nearly fifty with a couple
> of suitcases of clothes and two crates of linens and books. He
> worked for the next twenty five years six days a week 8, 9, 10
> hours a day. Most of the immigrants I met at UCB and now meet daily
> at work -- a huge, hi tech company -- also work like mules. And
> that's saying a lot, since we're comparing them to Americans who
> work pretty hard.
>
> It is not immigrants who are the enemy.
>
> Joanna
>
Oh so work is the key to being human? Immigrants are not "the enemy" because they work? Is that really what you meant to say? Marta