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Talking to a janitor today...without papers, working while on disability to feed his kids. He admired Asians he told me for our intelligence & industriousness & how we help each other. Mexicans would not do that, he says. I told him theres pros & cons to all cultures...the ambitions & success he sees also results in unrealistic pressure leading to depression & suicidal tendencies. He confided his own son, born here with a SS#, a ticket to every opportunity he doesnt have, smokes pot & doesnt work, taking for granted a life that his father supports while under constant fear of deportation. I tell him Asians face deportation too. It is in these conversations & dialogue, we dispel stereotypes and see how much solidarity & common ground we share.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:13:18 +0000

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