Under 50 they're second generation, which means they're more likely to be criminals.
Most first generation immigrants are pretty law-abiding. They're too glad to have made it out of whatever hell-hole they came from to want to make trouble here, and usually better off financially than they were even though they're poor by our standards. (E.g., an Asian doctor may be working on an assembly line because his degree is no good here - but we pay assembly line workers here better than doctors earn in his old country.)
But the second generation grows up poor relative to the majority of Americans, and is harassed because they look different and generally have traces of their parents' accent in their speech. Some become determined to make it rich legitimately, and some take a shortcut via crime.
Both Dinks are under 50 so they ain't leftovers from Tet '68.
ReplyDeleteUnder 50 they're second generation, which means they're more likely to be criminals.
DeleteMost first generation immigrants are pretty law-abiding. They're too glad to have made it out of whatever hell-hole they came from to want to make trouble here, and usually better off financially than they were even though they're poor by our standards. (E.g., an Asian doctor may be working on an assembly line because his degree is no good here - but we pay assembly line workers here better than doctors earn in his old country.)
But the second generation grows up poor relative to the majority of Americans, and is harassed because they look different and generally have traces of their parents' accent in their speech. Some become determined to make it rich legitimately, and some take a shortcut via crime.
Those Saigon girls are pretty,
ReplyDeleteTheir hair is long and black,
And if you don’t watch it,
They’ll knife you in the back
Dang Bich
ReplyDeleteI no pay guess race on dis won, a hahaha!
ReplyDeleteAnybody read tattoos? Wondering what the right-hand dude is saying.
ReplyDeleteIn my limited experience Viet gangsters keep their shit among other East Asians and leave other people alone.
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I’d forgotten that cadence: “Late at night, while you’re sleepin’…..”
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