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Thomas Brabec 8/28/01
Hmmm, lets see Nikola TESLA, Guy Mitchell, Karl Malden, former US Rep Kasic, US Rep Kucinich, Boskovich (largest lettuce farm in the US), Vlasic of pickle fame, US Sen Voinovich, Vana White (famous letter turner), Director John Malkovich, Tony Kukoc, Roger Maris, founder of Star Kist Tuna, Milenko Grgic (Grigic Hills Wine), US Rep Radanovich, former Ohio Gov. Frank Lausche, Maglica (maker of famous MagLite flashlight).....and those are just some of the ones I know of Croatian background who got somewhere in America!
While I can not think of any Bohemians who made it big in the US no doubt there many.And we all know that the Bohemians did better and had more advantages than south Slavs!
And so it is with each new group coming to the US, English looked down on Germans, Germans on the Irish, Irish on the eastern and south Europeans, and now we have the Asians and the Hispanics to look down on.Must be some sort of safety valve.But what I find curious is when folks who are descended from one ethnic group look down of new immigrants of that same ethnic group.Not growing up in an ethnic neighborhood anyone with a foriegn accent or "strange" sounding name got the term DP applied to them.Or in the case of all Slavs the term Bohunk seemed to be applied to all.And I have got to tell you that the latest wave of refugees from Bosnia are doing well in spite of language barriers and the fact that most take close to the lowest wage around.They succeed, recover most of what they lost, ie homes, cars,etc, and contribute to America.And the ones we have helped never find out about Public Assistance!
Oh, and I can not recall all Bohemians being called Gypsies.But then you grew up in that neighborhood.
Robert
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