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Oh yes, us poor, disadvantaged minorities. So needing of help from the enlightened and morally superior.
Yeah, just like So Cal's family my dad couldn't speak English worth a damn when he got here in 1965. No college educaton, no formal HS education.
My folks were basically retired 19 years later, thanks to hard work and the insistence on doing things alone. Tired of odd jobs and the Post Office -my dad got into real estate and property development and opened his own brokerage and did property development on his own, totally self - employed. Without welfare, begging, or any other public assistance- ever.
Both my parents were brought up poor - even by Fillipino standards. My dad got here with only of the clothes on his back. My mother put herself through Nursing school with odd jobs.
Dad is proud of the fact he did it on his own. He always says the only thing he has to do in life was to "be brown and die". Self reliance is a big thing in my house.
No one will ever give us anything, and that's out of self- respect. That's why I can never be a Liberal.
It's an insult to think we need to be taken care of...
rjp
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