Everyone, we are told by the gurus of this latest fad, belongs to at least one ethnic group. Interestingly enough, research conducted in many countries by Marshall Swift of Widener University seems to indicate that teacher descriptions of preferred and undesirable student behavior in class seems not to vary much from culture to culture. We ran the course as a debate, preparing students to argue pro or con on issues by putting them on the side of propositions they initially disfavored. Debating by its nature, unfortunately, focusses less on determining the truth and more on beating the other side. The propositions advanced and assaulted were prodigious in both number and import.
Immigrants steal jobs from the native-born.
Immigrants take unwanted jobs that the native-born won't touch. Educated immigrants provide high-level expertise, i.e. in electronics and health care, for lower cost. Immigrants place an extra burden on the welfare system. Immigrants generate more taxes for welfare than they use up. Immigrants put a strain on already overstrained resources.