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Originally Posted by Archaea
I'll use you as an example. Coming from Taiwan, you come from culture rich in emphasis on education and entrepreneuralism. The subculture within Chinatown, if that's where you grew up is different than Latinotown. Plus, as an ABC or almost ABC, odds are you may have grown up in a nonChinese part of town. The odds of Latinos living outside of a latino area are greatly diminished. So the old culture not emphasizing education is reenforced by one's friends and neighbors.
In contrast, coming from Asia, your parents are likely to have stressed the need to excel, an unlikely impetus in a Latino family.
The culture is one Mexicans must escape for them to succeed in the highly competitive industrialized world. Much of their culture fights against success. And this is not necessarily true for Argentina, Chile or Brazil, where the cultures are quite different. Even Costa Rica has an amazingly different culture. Obviously my observations are not good predicters for any particular family where good habits may have been developed.
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So from your personal observations, Mexicans tend not to have an impetus to succeed? As I have noted, they do have high relatively high levels of entrepreneurship. You'd also be hard-pressed to find a Mexican bum on the street. I
have noticed that they do not have a materialistic impulse, and hence don't pursue anything beyond what's necessary to support their families. But everywhere I look they're working.
Furthermore, illegal immigration is a huge investment, so it weeds out people with no initiative.