People

There is something to say about people whose parents were not born in this country and their offsprings made impressive careers. There are many men and women in government positions with obvious middle eastern or oriental facial features. Watching news and governmental broadcasts one can see a multitude of people in high positions or working behind the scenes as support staff.

Hilary Clinton's long time assistant was Uma Abedin. She was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Indian and Pakistani parents. The head of FCC is Ajit Pai. He was born in Buffalo, New York to Indian parents. Bobby Jindal, former governor of Louisiana from 2008 -2016 was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Hindu parents. The recently in the news Robert Hur is an attorney, born in Buffalo, New York to South Korean parents. And there is Nikki Haley! The former head of the Congressional Budget Office was Peter Orszagh. He was born in New York City and his paternal great grandparents were Hungarian.

I thought I add this last one just for good measure.

This shows that first generation children generally do better than their peers. What is the reason? Is it that their drive to succeed is stronger than the rest or just that they are plainly smarter? I believe that these people are just smarter than the average American youngsters and also, they take their studies more seriously than the rest.     

This is a trend we will have to get used to. Racial prejudices will have to be put aside because one can not walk out of a doctor's office just because the doctor's skin color, accent or origin. In this country that is not the way to survive. I already mentioned that I go to a medical center where Russian is the predominant language spoken. It is in a Russian speaking neighborhood and the operators of the center try to appease the residents by hiring Russian speaking staff and doctors. 

The staff is ok, but the doctors are usually better than the Americans. I told my wife that sometimes I feel like I am sitting in a Moscow medical center. But as long as they cure me it is all right. I have to note that the doctors here are not first generation. They all brought their basic education from Russia, but they all completed the necessary American medical education, and they are very good.