Posted by: M5 April 3, 2006
Sick and tired of illegal immigrant
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"its not all bad but I get treated different because I dont LOOK AMERICAN....I look like a Nepali and Im proud.....I know that I will never be a first Class white American Here no matter how many Generation my family will live here (look at the African Americans or the American Indians(Red).........BUT I know in my heart I will always remain a first calss NEPALI..In OUR MOTHER LAND NEPAL..." What does being a first class American citizen mean? Being at the top tier income bracket? Having a fancy lifestyle and a yacht? You have a job don't you? You make money don't you? You decided to pursue the American green card because of the opportunities you saw here as opposed to your beloved Nepal didn't you? I mean you feel treated like a first class citizen in Nepal? Nepal? The same country where half the indigenous and immigrant people aren't even allowed any closer than 40 yards to your house because they are untouchables? Exploited "proletariats" who work endlessly for feudal lords just to earn a meal at night? You know what they eat? A whole lot of rice, small portions of veggies and maybe meat once in a while if they are lucky. The same Nepal where thousands of madhesis are abused and never feel like a first class Nepali? You brag about how your status is uplifted in Nepal as opposed to America, at a time when your fellow nationals are begging for a ray of hope? The US is not to blame for not "accepting" you, your feeling, like many others, is merely a derivative of capitalism. The distribution of wealth is skewed in a perverse way, which creates a hierarchy of classes. But at least there is humanity. The US doesn't harbor such unfathomable social practices and norms that entertain human degradation. I don’t support ideologies that connote hatred and racism, but some of the problems illegal immigration creates are genuine problems and they have to be addressed and controlled. Look at the Bhutanese refugee crisis in Nepal. Why don’t we bring them to the work force and treat them equally? Why do we get upset about that? We must apply to ourselves the same standards we do to others, if not more stringent ones.
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