> In places like New York, immigrants get lots of public support: https://empirejustice.org/wp-content/uploads/Public-Benefits.... I found out recently that lots of Bangladeshis are in on the program where the city pays you to take care of your elderly immigrant parents.
That's great. I want to support people and I believe in them - it's a great investment in the economy and for humanity - and also giving these elderly people care from their own families, rather than being institutionalized or worse, is a fantastic solution. It's also applied more widely other places, not restricted to immigrants (if that restriction exists in NYC). Biden planned to cover home care more generally with Medicare. If you've seen or heard about the institutions, they are often warehouses for death and treatment can be awful.
> That’s a mythology that was developed to integrate the Ellis Island immigrants.
That 'myth' extends back to 1776 and before: 'All are created equal' is the foundation of America.
The mythology is in your comments: most of what you say has no basis - as I said, the welfare queen narratives are unsubstantiated (afaik) - but the old mythology of race, including its rationalizations based on (questionable) facts. That mythology is what keeps people poor.
As a prominent example, redlining was (and is to an extent) based on the mythology: The myth that black people were unworthy credit risks (along with outright hate) resulted in people being unable to get a loan, and therefore unable to buy a house or to do major repairs or upgrades if they did somehow get a home. Also, the government refused to insure loans in neighborhoods with even one black homeowner (or maybe resident), which motivated white homeowners to resist any black families moving into their neighborhood, and 'restrictive covenants' among real estate agents to not sell to black people. As a result, these people couldn't get credit and even with financing, couldn't find homes to buy, and even then couldn't upgrade or repair them. Then white people would look down on their lack of assets and care for their homes.
Similarly, Wall Street long excluded almost all but white males; to say that success was because of their race (and gender) is obviously absurd. Wall Street also caused the Great Depression, etc.; is that due to white males? World wars? Genocides? Starvation and disease? (Also, NY's economy has been the center of many industries, including trade - not just finance.)
So much is invested in racism, which has produced some of the worst results in human history and the worst in the US, when we could be figuring out solutions to make a better world.
That's great. I want to support people and I believe in them - it's a great investment in the economy and for humanity - and also giving these elderly people care from their own families, rather than being institutionalized or worse, is a fantastic solution. It's also applied more widely other places, not restricted to immigrants (if that restriction exists in NYC). Biden planned to cover home care more generally with Medicare. If you've seen or heard about the institutions, they are often warehouses for death and treatment can be awful.
> That’s a mythology that was developed to integrate the Ellis Island immigrants.
That 'myth' extends back to 1776 and before: 'All are created equal' is the foundation of America.
The mythology is in your comments: most of what you say has no basis - as I said, the welfare queen narratives are unsubstantiated (afaik) - but the old mythology of race, including its rationalizations based on (questionable) facts. That mythology is what keeps people poor.
As a prominent example, redlining was (and is to an extent) based on the mythology: The myth that black people were unworthy credit risks (along with outright hate) resulted in people being unable to get a loan, and therefore unable to buy a house or to do major repairs or upgrades if they did somehow get a home. Also, the government refused to insure loans in neighborhoods with even one black homeowner (or maybe resident), which motivated white homeowners to resist any black families moving into their neighborhood, and 'restrictive covenants' among real estate agents to not sell to black people. As a result, these people couldn't get credit and even with financing, couldn't find homes to buy, and even then couldn't upgrade or repair them. Then white people would look down on their lack of assets and care for their homes.
Similarly, Wall Street long excluded almost all but white males; to say that success was because of their race (and gender) is obviously absurd. Wall Street also caused the Great Depression, etc.; is that due to white males? World wars? Genocides? Starvation and disease? (Also, NY's economy has been the center of many industries, including trade - not just finance.)
So much is invested in racism, which has produced some of the worst results in human history and the worst in the US, when we could be figuring out solutions to make a better world.