21.7.06

The X - Americans

No one can forget the hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of California when they staged the Day Of The Immigrant. A sea of US and a a sprinkling other flags adorned the rally . Actually , the rally was participated not only by Latinos but Asian - Americans and other mixtures of races. Or X-Americans . This paralyzed some businesses in the areas. Restos , laundry shops , hotels and other services were all affected . At least for that day. Having travelled part of California , I know the influence of Asian-Americans there. Daly City is sometimes referred to as Little Manila . There is Little Vietnam , Koreatown and of course , Chinatown everywhere. In fact , there's Chinatown eveywhere in the world. For those who like to try different culinary delights from different parts of the world , that's fantastic .

Last week , it's the Arab-Americans turn to rally. In a smaller scale , they held it in Dearborn, Michigan where there are more concentration of them than anywhere in the States. I don't know how they ended up there , but they there. At first I thought it's odd , but after meeting a lot of Arab-Americans there as part of my work as an Engineer for a car company then , I learned to accept it .
We are truly a beacon to those who seek a better life in this world !






3 comments:

Ty said...

It's time our government limit the entry of people from countries not friendly to the USA. There's just too much risk.

yellowdoggranny said...

the only thing wrong about us being the melting pot of the world is..they aren't melting..they clot....little group here..little group there...i think we should limit the entry of people from all arabic countries..until they aren't trying to kill us anymore..

john said...

nike - You are probably ref. to Tom Yang soup. It's delicious .

Sha / Ty / Y.G/ - I agree . Someone w/ a political will needs to do that !