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Using immigrants as a proxy for anything is very suspect since emigrants to the US are a self-selected subset of a country's population. Compare the average int
by qq66 16y ago
Using immigrants as a proxy for anything is very suspect since emigrants to the US are a self-selected subset of a country's population. Compare the average intelligence, ambition, and work ethic of an Indian-American immigrant, that immigrant's American-born child, and the average resident of India.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoI wasn't talking about immigrants. Most Japanese Americans are the grandchildren of manual laborers who immigrated to the US between the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Asian Exclusion Act. Why don't you go up to a Japanese American and ask, "hey, how long have you been in the US?" (Be sure to duck immediately after saying it.)