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August 01, 2007
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07/31/07 - A Washington State
Reader Says Cardinal Roger Mahony Seeks To Destroy the
Roman Catholic Church
A California Reader Scoffs At The
Concept Of “The Noble Immigrant”
From: Kathlene Miller
From the July 24th
San Jose Mercury News letters to the editor
Cultural shift could be good for kids
“I know it won't be easy
for our society to cope with the children of immigrants,
as they grow up in households where hard work and
sacrifice are the norm and paychecks are often sent to
needy relatives. It's this kind of stuff that could
cause an unexpected cultural shift that would undermine
traditional American values, which guide your children
through their formative years of text-messaging,
shopping and developing critical brand loyalties.
“After all, kids in the
United States know where their self-worth comes from,
and it's not from some cheap cell phone. Nope. It's from
the more expensive iPhone, the one that costs $700!”
Ross Gomez Jr.
(Send e-mail to the
editorial page editor of the Mercury News
here.)
Gomez’s letter is outrageous
on two counts:
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One, that he could truly feel that American
children are so spoiled but immigrant children are so
wonderful across the board. |
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Two, that the
Mercury News would publish such garbage even as a
letter to the editor. |
Along with
George W. Bush's constant remarks about the superior
family values of all immigrants, Gomez (and the
Mercury News) reveals a
romantic and sentimental modern-day concept called the "Noble
Immigrant."
This unfounded theory, held among the
global
elite, believes that Third World immigration will
imbue the West with less materialism, more
family values, and morality. It perpetuates the myth
that all immigrants and their offspring are morally
superior and will bring their noble and selfless values
to greedy, lazy and materialistic Westerners.
Perhaps elitist thinking goes.
immigration is a way for the West to compensate for its
cultural and economic guilt -- by embracing open borders
and
multi-culturalism as manifestations of the “Noble
Immigrant” myth.
But ignored is the fact that most
immigrants come to America to raise their standard of
living above that of the corrupt lawless countries they
left behind. Immigrants seek the
American Dream ---including economic opportunity and
material goods. Maybe Gomez is the greedy one.
The “Noble Immigrant” concept
underlies immigration enthusiasts' emotional arguments
for open borders. Facts don’t play a role in their
thinking.
Read Miller’s
previous letters
here and
here. Send mail to her c/o
witan@vdare.com
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