Here are two immigration jokes courtesy Jack Kemp that illustrate the fundamental shift in our cultural norms:

An Iranian arrives in Los Angeles and is met by an old buddy from Iran. The new arrival starts speaking Farsi to his buddy. His Americanized buddy tells him, "Abdul, you're in America now. Speak Spanish!"

A new immigrant...make that resident.... arrives in New York and meets his buddy from the Old Country. They are walking down the street when they spot a wallet on the ground that has about $200 in cash sticking out of it. The new arrival starts to bend down to pick it up, thinking that what they said back home, that in America the streets are paved with gold. Suddenly, his Americanized buddy stops him and says, "Etan, you're in America one day and already you want to bend down to do stoop labor?"

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