• -6-6-6-@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    The few Chinese immigrants I’ve met can either be really anti-communist or just apolitical. Some move because of “repression”, some moved because they were fooled like a lot of other immigrants that the “streets are paved with gold” or in other words basically a guarantee of success.

    My in-laws are not really political at all. It’s funny because whenever I discuss politics with them, I can bring up my dirty commie ideals and they don’t really bat an eye at it. Other families I can think of in my dating history? Good lord; I’d be skinned.

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      2 months ago

      As an immigrant I can tell you for a fact that a lot of immigrants tell stories of repression to get into the good graces of Westerners. I have heard people say shit that was absolutely untrue. I am not Chinese or Cuban, but I have heard it from others.

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      2 months ago

      I swear, I’ve never met someone of Chinese descent in the US (citizen or not) who ever even opines about communism the way Cubans do.

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      I’ve largely interacted with students and can say that my experience is the reverse. They have been either apolitical or quite pro-communism/pro-China.