From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jun 22 2003 - 16:15:29 MDT
--- Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
> <<Indeed, a Carnegie poll in November of more than 1,000 foreign-born
> immigrants found that 80 percent of them, given the chance to "do it
> again," would come to the United States; 96 percent said they were
> happy; and 80 percent called this nation "a unique country that
> stands for something special in the world." >>
>
> and,...
> <<This week, it was the British Broadcasting Corp.'s turn to poke at
> America. A BBC poll of 11,000 persons in 11 countries released
> Tuesday said 65 percent of those surveyed thought Americans
> were "arrogant," and 85 percent said Americans were not "humble." >>
Looking at these two polls, I would conclude that, since those overseas
more than likely only know personally Americans who are actually
immigrants from their own community, and that 80% of those immigrants
call the US "a unique country that stands for something special in the
world" (a pretty arrogant statement to make, fer sure), it seems to me
that the opinions of the rest of the world about Americans is generally
based on the attitudes of those who have immigrated.
I think this is a reasonable conclusion to make. I've also heard of
many immigrants to the US finding that their relatives overseas have
extremely inaccurate perceptions about what the US is like. If your
children or grandchildren, or your smart cousin, went to America to
live and came back and told you that everything you think you know
about the US is wrong, you'd think that Americans are 'arrogant' and
not 'humble' like you in your patriarchal mindset thinks they should be.
=====
Mike Lorrey
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