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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 32223" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Hearthope, good for you!</p><p>We're doing much better now... but some of the stereotypes are hard to break.</p><p>I had a discussion yrs ago with-a cousin who was very against the Koreans moving in and "taking over." We really got into a big tiff. Then in the next breath, she berated the welfare blacks who mooched off the system.</p><p>I said, "Wait, if you don't like lazy people, it seems you'd LIKE the Koreans!"</p><p>"But they're taking our jobs!"</p><p>"Then work harder to get them back! If it's hard work you're talking about, this is a good thing. We whites need to get off our duffs and work that hard. It's called 'competition.'"</p><p>She said "Just wait until you've lived here long enough. You'll understand."</p><p>Well, I learned that the Koreans (who typically married American svcmen and then brought their families here) were very aggressive in biz. Big hairy deal.</p><p>I learned that there was a segment of the blk pop that was taking advantage of our welfare system. But so were some of the whites. The new gov. back then changed the state system so you couldn't have generational welfare... iow, you had to apply for jobs on a consistent basis, show you were interviewing, and get ANY kind of a job within a certain # of yrs of being on welfare. It really helped. </p><p>Anyone who is given something for nothing will eventually take advantage. In our area, it just happened to be racial.</p><p>by the way, that same person sells cosmetics, and she now has women of diff races as reps. </p><p>I laughed and told her that the color green (for money) superceded all racial colors!!!</p><p>It was a good moment for capitalism and still is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 32223, member: 3419"] Hearthope, good for you! We're doing much better now... but some of the stereotypes are hard to break. I had a discussion yrs ago with-a cousin who was very against the Koreans moving in and "taking over." We really got into a big tiff. Then in the next breath, she berated the welfare blacks who mooched off the system. I said, "Wait, if you don't like lazy people, it seems you'd LIKE the Koreans!" "But they're taking our jobs!" "Then work harder to get them back! If it's hard work you're talking about, this is a good thing. We whites need to get off our duffs and work that hard. It's called 'competition.'" She said "Just wait until you've lived here long enough. You'll understand." Well, I learned that the Koreans (who typically married American svcmen and then brought their families here) were very aggressive in biz. Big hairy deal. I learned that there was a segment of the blk pop that was taking advantage of our welfare system. But so were some of the whites. The new gov. back then changed the state system so you couldn't have generational welfare... iow, you had to apply for jobs on a consistent basis, show you were interviewing, and get ANY kind of a job within a certain # of yrs of being on welfare. It really helped. Anyone who is given something for nothing will eventually take advantage. In our area, it just happened to be racial. by the way, that same person sells cosmetics, and she now has women of diff races as reps. I laughed and told her that the color green (for money) superceded all racial colors!!! It was a good moment for capitalism and still is. [/QUOTE]
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