Quote Originally Posted by JB
G Yozh said;
Those areas lost their culture and identity as soon as the Europeans showed up... It's not the Hispanics that made the Indians lose their territories...
Earth to G Yozh!
I'm not talking past I'm talking PRESENT, TODAY, AT THIS VERY MINUTE! In Southern California the recent immigration of Chinese has turned many cities and suburbs around Los Angeles into politically and financially powerful miniture Hong Kong/ Taiwan. The signs are all in Chinese, the businesses are all Chinese, the hospitals and other public facilities only hire Chinese. If you worked there before the transformation you had better learn to speak Chinese or your job is in danger.
The same with other recent ethnic immigrations in all parts of Southern California. The Hispanics (many families original Californians) have been displaced by Armenians and Vietnamese. Neighborhoods that were long standing middle class Anglo culture are now "Little Saigon" and "Little Calcutta".

And here's a little pop quiz for you. Who originally invaded California, built a lot of Catholic Missions, enslaved all the Native Americans, then either worked them to death or killed them with smallpox? Johnny Appleseed? J.S.Bach? A bunch of Spanish speaking guys from Mexico (hint, hint)?
Uncontrolled immigration. I'm against it. Said that. If you are going to have green card lotteries, you're on the wrong track, because any dumb ass could enter the country. I bet the Chinese math wizards in Sillicon Valley aren't the ones who have a problem assimilating.

You bring in quality, you get quality. You let everyone in, you get a nice mess.

Like I said, immigrants will have to meet a set of demands.