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Lan_gu~ Exchange Ctrek Feb. ,1 , 1986 No. 6
Darwin would bave liked it f three People emigrak for one or more o. to reasons: to improve the~r econombic c~d~~!~• ersecution . to JOin mem ere o !1ready t he; e. But wh~l:;e: t~ec:~1 1 tion forces out distinct qua_ e • self, mi r ant i s an above-average wdividual, tit se~ec t ed for risk-taking and creativity, auto~~~~ with a firm belief in himself . As for the unw ! The problem of immi gration i s among the most migr ant , he will have to develop such st rengths : critical of contemporary global questions . Few he is to meet the a wesome challenge of changing subjects encourage man to vent acrimony and xenoone ' s cult ure and language o . phobia so readily. Few are so t horoughly exploi t ed This survival of the fittest must surely benefit . _ by vote-scavenging politicos. Hotheads have taken t he hos t country. Raising competition at home is a, t he matter in their 011D hands , L~t uitively knowin g prerequisite to performi_n g well abr~d: Japanese the remedy to all ills . They spit at ' gasta rbeiters ' busin essmen will not disagree on this point ~ in West Germany , kick 'nig-nogs' in England , help themselves to a ' bougnoul ' for target practicing in The Asian promise Asians can rightly be called America's superFrance. Those who wis h to s ee t hr ough t he confusion immigrants. They consistent ly surpaas white and humbug reports will do themselves no harm by Americans in schools , business , science and the avoiding numbers . There are alternative approac hes profession s . Despite making up a mere 1.&j of the to the issue . population t hey are dis pro portionately represented The -mythology of i mmigra tion at t op uni vers i ties . Besides enriching Westeni Lies, damn lies and s t atis t ic s. Myths prolifecult ure t he y comprise a power house of drive and rate • .Vestern ers commonly \•iew immigran t s as i lambition ~ literate refuse , abusing wel fare and government Contagi ous or not the ;,si ar. work et h ic will profit services and causi ng native uner.iploymen t . Concern ed t he U.S . It is by no·:, l argely establi.shed that the - -4--l'+c'.c-5--c i ~ ~ o u g ht""of •'WB.Ve art'"e"'r.----c: c"=e= n tre or woria growth- and influence fiis- ~ wave of Mexican tllegals. So l'luch nonsense. There from the North :\tlantic to the Pacific. Japan, . Sout were 800,000 legal immigrants to the U.s in 1980 Korea and other newly industrialised countries are the most recent high - yet at the turn of the forging ahead. China is to make a momentous - if century and foi six years, immigration ·t opped t ~e long overdue - appearance on t he world stage. Is it milli"On mark. In the same country illegals ce rtainly entirely naive t o suggest t hat America's Asians wi number less than 5 millions and s tudy after study i nevitably be called upon to foster r elations and shows that they do not Me welfare services, for ease out tensions on acc ount of t heir unique fear of being caught. Migrants generally arrive in credentials? their 20s or 30s, while physically and mentally vigorous, fill out areas of l abor-shortage and Social disturbance and con f lict have usually since the number of j obs is not f ixed - create jobs accompanied mass mov~ments of population . Yet few as well as take t hem . I f there were no evidence of realize how quickly acculturation occurs. The yery positive contributions should we find a thinker extravaganza of violence that is raging throughout such as Galbraith celebrating migration as a practice the Western world i s delaying this process, sinc e that helps those who go, thos e left behind and the i t is natural f or minorities to re - affirm thei r places they go tot identity when t hreatened . Once upon a time a king invited some villagers to a feast, then grew an gry when all they brought as a gift was a bunch ·or bananas. !le th rew them away wi1hout unpeeling them and never found out that , inside, each was solid gold . Ame rica, of all c ountries , ought to know that the re often is more than me ets the eye - and not just with bananas .
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