RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] speaking of apocalyptic horsemen...

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Mike Miller wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Jonathan King wrote:
> 
> > Ouch.  But this is another point: at some point in the last few years,
> > almost all of the janitors here at MU started being Spanish-speaking
> > immigrants.  Not a very pretty job, but apparently a better deal than
> > they had outside of the US; so much so that they were willing to put up
> > with not a little danger to get here.  I have a suspicion that among
> > their kids we could end up seeing some very interesting people...
> 
> With recent immigrants things are a little different.  It must really
> foul up the expected genotype-phenotype relation (which isn't exactly
> overwhelming in the first place). 

Historically, hasn't it always worked that way?  Heck, my dad was 6'2"
tall.  His mom was 4'9" and his dad was 5'6" or so...but they *were*
Lithuanian, so the genes were there, just not the enriched environment.
(Similarly, they were both illiterate peasant types, and he was a 
mechanical engineer).

> But I will be interested to see how the children of these poor
> immigrants turn out.  If they have large numbers of kids (and Mexican
> immigrants often do), I won't be surprised if they don't do very well.  
> The second generation might be a lot better.

We'll have to see.  I'm willing to bet they will have fewer kids than 
previous generations that came into California and Texas primarily.

jking


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