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David Perlmutter's avatar

But when a family doesn’t speak English, they miss the notifications that come in the mail. After a few months, they find themselves running into issues with the school district, or they lose their jobs, or they get evicted.

They pack up, relocate, and the whole process starts again."

Things like this run slightly different in Canada. Since English and French are treated equally within the public service, immigrants from French-speaking countries have a better chance getting a good job within that venture. And, in most cases, the immigrants would be joining a well-operating society of their people as part of the regular population. In my hometown of Winnipeg, we now have several pocket neighborhoods like this from the African and Asian diaspora (and, unlike in the U.S., people don't make too much of a racial fuss about it, though they once would have...).

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Walter Rhein's avatar

There is a percentage of the population in the US that is extremely hostile and hateful. They make problems that have a ripple effect.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Likewise in Canada- but because our group is smaller, the ripples aren't as large.

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Sally's avatar

Exactly what I needed this morning. Thank you.

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Thanks for reading!

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Kevin King's avatar

Great story. Thanks for sharing!

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Thanks Kevin!

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Veggie Annie's avatar

I love this story.

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J. Thomas Dunn's avatar

Great piece. Thank you

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Gene Wood's avatar

Yes !

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D Kitterman's avatar

Walter, mi español es débil, pero quiero que sepas cuánto aprecio tu enfoque humano de la vida.

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Walter Rhein's avatar

A mi me parece que tu Espanol es excellente!

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D Kitterman's avatar

Thank goodness for Google translate, though I don't fully trust it. Otherwise, I would have spoken mostly in nouns and adjectives. 🙂

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