They are changing America by changing the people
I can’t really complain about this since I have advocated on these pages that Somalis and other refugees need to be taught how we live in America. My only question is who should pay for this? Shouldn’t this have been taught during the first 3-6 months that the refugee was in the US and taught … Continue reading Kansas: Somalis learn to clean their apartments, landlords relieved
This is an update (see one of our previous posts here in July 2009) of the ongoing efforts in Garden City, KS, a meatpacking town, to try to head off in advance clashes between ethnic groups lured to a midwestern city by the promise of meatpacking jobs. See also our category on Greeley, CO and Grand Island, NE (chaotic … Continue reading Update: Garden City, KS and meatpacking giant Tysons Fresh Meats
This is one more in the continuing story of how beautiful diversity can be when it arrives in small town America, this time (again!) Garden City, KS. This is the third story in two days that demonstrates the axiom ‘diversity is strength’ in Garden City. The previous two posts are here and here. Don’t you wonder … Continue reading Khat in Kansas
And, Greeley, CO and Shelbyville, TN? If you said lots of refugees and immigrants and meatpacking you would be right. But, also lousy immigrant drivers are reported in each community as well. When one reads these stories from several cities, one wonders how on earth are they passing driving tests? Yesterday I told you about … Continue reading What do Garden City, KS and Ft. Morgan, CO have in common?
The Tyson’s meat packing plant is down the road about five miles from Garden City, KS, but the spillover of refugee workers into Garden City seems to be starting to have an impact on the town according to a pair of stories in the Garden City Telegram. I’ll report on the driving problems refugees are … Continue reading Another Kansas meat packing town struggling with immigrants