Posted by: republican April 12, 2007
GALT: Jackson height - a struggling immigrant's requiem!
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"If I believe everyone deserves a better living, then I also believe living better should come only after a minimal struggle." The above statement sums up the fallacy of the argument made in this piece. It is assumed that people who've got DV green cards do not have to struggle. I'm sure plenty of people have struggled for a better life in Nepal before getting their DV visas. Or does it count only if you struggle in America? Or maybe the writer is trying to portray the prejudice educated Nepalese hold against their lesser educated countrymen in America - the taxi drivers and the restaurant workers. Like somehow a master's degree or a PhD makes them more deserving of the American dream than the others. People like them are deluded I say. What does it say about our community when a person still cannot say he's a plumber without drawing condescending looks. Respect all the members of the Nepali community, because whatever they do for a living, they're all respectable jobs. Unless you're selling crack, of course.
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