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Is it true that?

JJJ asked:


Is it true that ….?
most people in the USA think they are living with the first rate quality of Life standard and people outside the US live with second rate??

American guy told me this. or he told me because he is too patriotic??

I am not asking you if you think this way, but people around you.

Another question. Why mexicans from Mexico I met in CAnada(language school) were so friendly and easy to get along with. But MExicans in the USA from Mexico and born in America are not friendly??

Also, is it true that people immigrated to the Usa at 5 yeas old tend to become racist toward people who are visiting, because they think them as rival?? is it true??

I am Japanese.

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One Response to “Is it true that?”

  1. carina on April 5th, 2009 8:47 pm

    I think the answer to many of your questions is “yes”

    I’m not from the USA but I also get the impression that Americans who’ve never been out of the country think that everyone else has a lesser standard of life … in some ways that might be true because American homes seem to be more spacious that I’m used to here in the UK … but I also think that in Europe we have a better “quality” of life even if we don’t have the “quantity” of life if you see what I mean … but this feeling that your own country is superior to others is not uncommon though, I think most countries have this in some way and it’s not until you learn more or get out and travel that you learn some respect for other people’s values and way of life

    your observation on Mexicans is interesting … maybe Mexicans born or living in the States have encountered more racism and are therefore more wary of others? I know when I visited India I found the Indians there more relaxed and outgoing than they are here in the UK, which I put down to the fact that in their own country they don’t have to keep a low profile in order to blend in with society … does that make sense?

    your final comment about immigrants being more racist to newcomers made me smile … it is very very true unfortunately … think about it, if a society feels threatened by visitors or newcomers or something, those most affected are the ones who feel their position in that society is the least stable, and a person whose family immigrated in the last generation or so will possibly not feel as secure as someone whose family have been there for many generations … it’s a matter of “belonging”

    there’s been a wonderful series of programmes on TV here in the UK recently all about immigration … the reporter is a guy whose parents immigrated from Ethiopia and he himself is born and educated here … he was going round interviewing various people, people whose families are long-standing British as well as people whose families immigrated from West Indies, Indian sub-continent, Africa, etc etc within the last generation or so … and amongst other things he was asking their views on the recent wave of immigration we’ve had here in the UK from eastern Europe (Poland, Romania etc) … the comments from the people from the “immigrant” families were often more hard-line against recent immigration and I heard many anti-immigrant comments from these people which were reminiscent of the 1960’s and 1970’s comments that were made against these people’s own families when they came here … what is it the French say? plus ca change, plus la meme, or something like that (everything stays the same)