Fatherhood is Leadership

Steve Blow of the Dallas Morning News recently wrote an article saying the children of unwed mothers suffer from poverty and a host of social ills.

Mr. Blow singled out another ethnic group for suffering the highest percentage of unwed mothers. I'm so glad he did not single out the Hispanics!

Our children are our treasure. We owe them the best life we can give them, and that starts out with a complete family: a mother and a father.

A father needs to be more than a provider and protector. He needs to be the leader of his family, and that includes leading in morality and education. After our love, the most important thing we can give our children is a good education.

Robert

Hispanics Should Do the American Thing and Copy the Chinese

Copying what works is the American way. Look at Bill Gates and Microsoft. Most of their success comes from copying somebody else's ideas. Microsoft copied Windows from Apple. They didn't bother copying DOS, they just bought it out-right and cheap from Seattle Software (where it was QDOS). Visicalc invented PC spread sheets and Microsoft copied. The list goes on. The key to success in America is spotting what works and copying it.

So if Hipanics want to copy from another ethnic group, who do we copy? Do we copy from an ethnic group that complains and asks for special privileges? Or do we copy from a successful ethnic group? I want to follow a winner, not a whiner.

The Sunday January 7, 2007 New York Times had an article in the Education Life section entitled, "Little Asia On the Hill," by Timothy Egan. It seems California voters got rid of affirmative action and college entrance is based on competion. So is Berkeley all white now? No! The University of California at Berkeley, one of the very best public universities in the country, has a freshman class starting that is 46% Asian. The state is only 12% Asian, but 46% of Berkeley freshmen are Asian. The numbers are 43% at U.C. Davis, 56% at U.C. Irvine, and 43% at U.C.L.A.

Don't ask for afirmative action. Do not picket. Do not protest. The Chinese face discrimination and they don't go in for all that. They work hard and compete. And that is what we have to do.

The key for the long term success of Hispanics everywhere is hard work in the classroom. Education is the key to the future. We need to understand what the Chinese do right education and do the same.

Robert

Europe Needs Mexicans !

Back in October 26, 2006, the Wall Street Journal ran a review of a book, "Integrating Islam," by Jonathan Laurence, published by the Brookings Institution. The book reviewer reminded the readers that a year ago Muslim youths in Paris were rioting and burning.

The article mentioned a Pew Global Attitudes survey published in July showed British Muslims considered themselves Muslim first (81%) rather than British first (only 7%). The result is terrorist bombing and a serious terrorist threat in Britain.

When you consider how militant Muslims are forcing the European governments to spend a lot of money fighting terrorism while honest, hard working Mexicans die in American deserts trying to find opportunities, it would seem cheaper and fairer for European governments to pay the transportation for Mexicans to immigrate to Europe. Mexican are not rioting nor are they plotting terrorism.

Mexicans could provide the cheap labor Europe wants without the threat, and cost, of terrorism!!

Robert

The War on the Middle Class

I have just finished reading "The War on the Middle Class" by Lou Dobbs.

The hispanic community is very concerned with the illegal immigration issue. But whether you are a legal or illegal immigrant, what future is there for you or your children if Corporate America destroys the middle class?

Every person in America, citizen or not-citizen, should be concerned with the future of the middle class. Without a middle class, America will become another 3rd World country: only the rich and the poor.

There are rich people in Mexico, so why do poor Mexicans come to America? There is opportunity here because the middle class has disposable income that filters down to the poor. The rich do not give any support to the poor. If they did, there would be opportunity in Mexico.

America is on its way to becoming another Mexico. If the middle class is destroyed in America, the hope for all Mexican immigrants will be snuffed out.

Robert

The Hispanic Century ?

I've read articles that spoke of this age being China's century. China is certainly prospering now. Why can we not have a hispanic century? The chinese work hard, but many hispanics know how to work hard. Why do they talk about a China century but not a hipanic century?

One major difference is education and culture. China has emphasized the importance of education for thousands of years. That love of education is not present in the hispanic culture. If the hispanic world wants more prosperity, it needs to embrace education.

A dedication to education should be a part of a hispanic vision.

Robert

Introduction

I live in Texas and the Texas city of Farmers Branch has recently stirred up controversy by passing an ordinance making it illegal for a land-lord to rent property to illegal aliens. Some members of the Hispanic community are upset, but I think those members who are upset lack a long-term vision for a successful Hispanic community.

I should also mention that I was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, and am half Mexican. I care about the hispanic community because I am hispanic.

Robert