Eurpean - In American Journalist Eyes
I like this article about what European Society really looks like. For many immigrants, West, including America and Europe are the places to dream for. They think as long as they put their feet in the West soil, they would live the ways local people live. But this is totally not true. To be able to survive in the new territory, you need not only working hard, but also be able to integrate to the local society.
Yes, I agree with liberals, European countries and American should open their arms accepting new immigrants, providing same opportunities as they provide to their own people. Race and gender should not be the judgment for social status advance. There should be only objective bar to measure anyone, no matter you are white, black, yellow or red, etc. The bar should be your own ability, you knowledge and your right working ethics.
In the past years, America over corrected the discrimination issue. For example, public school, colleges in new students’ admission process, they have to allocate certain percentage to certain race groups. This is really not fair. Why some students could not pass the certain academic bar, but they got the opportunities to advance study. However, those who were working hard and pass the bar could not advance their study just because they belong to certain groups, and these groups have high rate to pass the exam. One might argue that because of the unfair social status these under privilege kids could not achieve as well as those white kids or local kids. This is not true. For Asian immigrants, they came to Europe or America to realize their dream. They work hard and grasp any opportunity to educate themselves and assimilate themselves into the new adopted countries. These people started as alien, as under privilege. But because of their attitudes towards the new environment, they not only survive the new challenge, but also their kids stand out. Why these group kids had to suffer in order for other groups like black and Hispanic kids, who can not pass the academic bar, to get the opportunities under so called affirmative action. Black have the advantage in the language compared to Asian immigrants. They are part of America culture. If slave system gave less opportunities to the blacks, after so many years affirmative action, why black as a group did not advance that much. If white kids need to give up some opportunities to black because of what their ancestors did to the black, what about new immigrated white and Asian? They had nothing to do with old slavery system. They did not benefit anything from it. Why should these kids need to scarify their opportunity just because of their skin colors? This is very un constitution. As for Hispanic, they came here starting with a very similar situation, how come they did so poor than Asian as far as education and working opportunities concern? At least, Spanish is in the same family as English, all Latin. It is not like Asian, totally different language system. You never heard that Asian demand the public school system need to subsidize adding Asian languages so that the kids can perform normally.
We all should learn a lesson from Paris riots. One, as a society, you should provide everyone the same opportunity to be able to advance if they work hard. Second, get rid off those government subsidize stuff. It is so ironical; West was so afraid of Communist and socialist. But they, especially European are so much into free stuff. Rule of thumb, too much free stuff, you will lose working ethics, lose productivity. Socialism only generate laziness. Third, be scientific and objective in regarding social problem. Don’t over react. Society should encourage anyone who wants to advance their social status to work hard and reward them. Society should not give out the reward like a lottery tickets, if you happened to be in one race, you get lucky. Words to immigrants: be realistic before you planned to move to a new country. Nothing is waiting for you to get. Just like you live anywhere, you get to work hard in order to have a good harvest. Education, education, education, I can’t address how important this is. If miss the window, you should let your next generation know how important it is and let them realize that only knowledge can free them. Second, you can keep your religion. But don’t expect to convert your adopted country to accept yours. Keep your religious practice separate from your daily work. We all know that you can have all people have one same religion. This has been testified ever since there was human history. But there are same codes when you are doing business. So let’s keep it simple and harmony.
I hope there would be more peace, love and less violent and death in this world.
Yes, I agree with liberals, European countries and American should open their arms accepting new immigrants, providing same opportunities as they provide to their own people. Race and gender should not be the judgment for social status advance. There should be only objective bar to measure anyone, no matter you are white, black, yellow or red, etc. The bar should be your own ability, you knowledge and your right working ethics.
In the past years, America over corrected the discrimination issue. For example, public school, colleges in new students’ admission process, they have to allocate certain percentage to certain race groups. This is really not fair. Why some students could not pass the certain academic bar, but they got the opportunities to advance study. However, those who were working hard and pass the bar could not advance their study just because they belong to certain groups, and these groups have high rate to pass the exam. One might argue that because of the unfair social status these under privilege kids could not achieve as well as those white kids or local kids. This is not true. For Asian immigrants, they came to Europe or America to realize their dream. They work hard and grasp any opportunity to educate themselves and assimilate themselves into the new adopted countries. These people started as alien, as under privilege. But because of their attitudes towards the new environment, they not only survive the new challenge, but also their kids stand out. Why these group kids had to suffer in order for other groups like black and Hispanic kids, who can not pass the academic bar, to get the opportunities under so called affirmative action. Black have the advantage in the language compared to Asian immigrants. They are part of America culture. If slave system gave less opportunities to the blacks, after so many years affirmative action, why black as a group did not advance that much. If white kids need to give up some opportunities to black because of what their ancestors did to the black, what about new immigrated white and Asian? They had nothing to do with old slavery system. They did not benefit anything from it. Why should these kids need to scarify their opportunity just because of their skin colors? This is very un constitution. As for Hispanic, they came here starting with a very similar situation, how come they did so poor than Asian as far as education and working opportunities concern? At least, Spanish is in the same family as English, all Latin. It is not like Asian, totally different language system. You never heard that Asian demand the public school system need to subsidize adding Asian languages so that the kids can perform normally.
We all should learn a lesson from Paris riots. One, as a society, you should provide everyone the same opportunity to be able to advance if they work hard. Second, get rid off those government subsidize stuff. It is so ironical; West was so afraid of Communist and socialist. But they, especially European are so much into free stuff. Rule of thumb, too much free stuff, you will lose working ethics, lose productivity. Socialism only generate laziness. Third, be scientific and objective in regarding social problem. Don’t over react. Society should encourage anyone who wants to advance their social status to work hard and reward them. Society should not give out the reward like a lottery tickets, if you happened to be in one race, you get lucky. Words to immigrants: be realistic before you planned to move to a new country. Nothing is waiting for you to get. Just like you live anywhere, you get to work hard in order to have a good harvest. Education, education, education, I can’t address how important this is. If miss the window, you should let your next generation know how important it is and let them realize that only knowledge can free them. Second, you can keep your religion. But don’t expect to convert your adopted country to accept yours. Keep your religious practice separate from your daily work. We all know that you can have all people have one same religion. This has been testified ever since there was human history. But there are same codes when you are doing business. So let’s keep it simple and harmony.
I hope there would be more peace, love and less violent and death in this world.
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