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Poor immigrants generally work the shitty jobs I'm referencing and try to make sure their kids are on the professional ladder before finishing high school. The
by free_rms 6y ago
Poor immigrants generally work the shitty jobs I'm referencing and try to make sure their kids are on the professional ladder before finishing high school.
There's still no ladder for them, personally.
- nradov 6y agoThere is a ladder for poor first generation immigrants: starting a small business. Look around you. Who owns many of the restaurants, convenience stores, dry cleaners, landscaping services, etc.?
- free_rms 6y agoThat's a really good point, although those jobs still don't pay great from a $/hr perspective. I think first generation immigrants cut across the conscientiousness/income relationship that's being presented in this thread. It's a self-selecting group.
- imtringued 6y ago>It's a self-selecting group. That only proves the rule. If your environment is awful but you have the right mindset/personality then you can still be successful.
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