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Yeah this was thirty years ago. Still, closer to today than that time was to Ellis Island. Not chosen voluntarily. A young man, a kid really, arriving in a for
by JoeAltmaier 3y ago
Yeah this was thirty years ago. Still, closer to today than that time was to Ellis Island.
Not chosen voluntarily. A young man, a kid really, arriving in a foreign country does what he's told. So that was his name.
You'll have to look up the documents yourself.
- eesmith 3y agoThe Chinese nationals I know 30 years ago, both emigrants who were in my high school and the young adults who came to the US for college or grad school, did not have that happen to them. What does "do as you're told" mean? Use that suggestion as a nickname instead of one chosen voluntarily? Or go to the courthouse and get your name legally changed? Since I don't know who the person is, your suggestion is rather hard to follow up on. It could also be your friend was very gullible. Since you say it happens all the time, surely there should be more examples, yes?
- westhanover 3y agoHe is making up a story or repeating one that fits his world view. It is a way to soothe himself after having previous notion upset (the racists at Ellis island changed people’s names).
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoOoooor, repeating what he experienced, leaving it to you to fit that into your worldview. Which apparently involves building elaborate persecution fantasies. I get it, there's a whole political party that has turned to that strategy.