>From: Spike Jones <spike66@attglobal.net>
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>To: extropians@extropy.org
>Subject: Re: US Science Education Sucks
>Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 12:18:49 -0700
>
>Randy Smith wrote:
>
> > Actually, the immigration of all those mexican peasants does indeed
>matter
> > to us all, especially those of us who are planning to be frozen if old
>age
> > aint cured pretty soon...
>
>I have pondered this comment in light of my experience with my
>brother-in-law's brother-in-law, Arne Gutierrez. Arne grew up
>mostly in Mexico, got his degree in chemistry in Mexico, came to
>Taxifornia, got a masters in chemistry from San Jose State U and
>eventually a doctorate in chemistry from Stanford. He now
>works for a company in Redwood City that is finding ways
>to make AIDS drugs in large quantities.
>
I can come up witrh exceptions aplenty, too. But that does not erase the
fact that the VAST majority of immigrants from Latin AMerica are peasants.
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