Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Census: Counting The Burmese - Not a Good Thing

It's census time, and the count is on to determine the allocation of congressional seats.   But the simple task of counting, has turned into much, much more, it has also evolved into a contest for a "fair share" of the federal coffers, as determined by race.  As odd as it may sound, our government has taken on a decidedly racist turn.  That is unless, you believe that some races are more deserving of federal monies than others. Here we find ourselves in a bind.  There are some that truly have faced historic abuse, put upon it, by the Federal government itself.  This group is the children of those who were brought here in chains; this group is the African-Americans, whose ancestors were slaves. (This does not include the children of Africans, including those whose fathers' where graduate students in Hawaii).  This is the only class of folk who really need help, but as you will see, few of these descendants get that help.

That said, who are all these other folk, clamoring for help.  But the gates are now open to all groups, and hence the problem.  So, if you are of a "minority" now, then counting by race, would make sense, because you believe you have the goods coming.  Yet,  this is the continuing effort to stigmatize ethnicity and to divide Americans.   It is and let the record show; a Democratic party  trick to get the "right niggers" in place to rule over minorities, to deliver votes,; to hold power.  Think now, if you live in, or know an ethnic enclave, which families hold power, and for how many  generations. Think about what actually happens in that district, objectively?  Are the schools better, are there more jobs, is there less crime?  How many people do you know, rise through this hierarchy of "minority" elites to positions of power?  Ask this question who really benefits from the Federal money?

Look at the Black and Mexican communities and see how this "elite" lords over their respective ghettos and barrios.   If you want to see the national goings on of the Black elites, it is "Jet" magazine.  Let's face it, the "Hood" is for those who cannot escape hell holes of poverty and despair.  Yet, where do the elites live?  Where do their children go to school?

So, let's take a look at the new immigrant waves of the Laotians, Hmong and Vietnamese.  The first two are consigned to despair and poverty in their ghettos, some even in frozen lands of the Midwest.  The Vietnamese have retained autonomy and independence possibly because they saw that the Federal government could not be trusted, witness their betrayal in Vietnam.   Look at who prospers.  Look at who despairs; it is almost without exception ones given government help.

Now it's the year to count Burmese immigrants.   They have a choice, either to become Americans and assimilate or to stay ethnic and to get ready for years in the ghetto, where they will be herded by new elites and to have their lives and families destroyed by Federal largess.  They've already lived in hell and their American nightmare is just about to start.   

As an immigrant, whose been here for fifty years, I've had the unforgettable experience of being poor, being called by every insult and overcoming.   And yes, I've prospered, through hard work and not liberal hand outs.  So who do I credit?  Of course God and my parents, and to the idea of self-reliance from; yes, Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington and to the civil rights struggle of African-Americans.  Without the 1960's civil rights struggle, I'd be a Asian gardener for what is probably the most racist area in America, the beautiful, Monterey Peninsula.   

If the Burmese, go the way of accepting minority status, to feed entirely from the Federal trough, the respect for elders will be the first thing that goes.  With that follows the deterioration in short order; of good things Burmese.  The family will be destroyed, then tradition, generosity and even delicious food.  All that will remain will be the a new underclass whose genetic trace identifies them as South East Asian.

Mark my words.