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80% of old Russian Jews are scamming the government for section 8, Ssi etc. never work here or pay taxes yet live like Kings . Eating expensive food going on cruises on tax Payer dime. Moochers and I support them.
Not at all correct. Most of the elderly are on a Federal program that was created during the Cold War so Russians in Russia would see how great the USA was. Anyone who lives in NYC, knows pretty well once a program starts it never ends until the original people who were on it die off. No one in NYC turns down anything that is nearly free especially when no strings are attached.
It works both ways. The Russians for whatever reason have become rather xenophobic down there. Not all but some. I can recall years ago that it wasn't like that. I grew up knowing quite a few Russians and they were cool and open to everyone (or so it seemed). May be due to what's going on in Russia and their racist attitudes spreading here. On the other hand, some Russians have expressed concern about Hispanic gangs in Brighton Beach trying to take over and using scare tactics to run the Russians out. What's your take on that?
I will say that I always find it odd when groups like Russians and Hispanics are racist towards other groups. It's no secret that a lot of the Russians here are Russian Jews who complain about being oppressed historically or fleeing to escape oppression back home and then they turn around and use racist measures against other groups (mainly non-white ones). Then you have Mexicans and other Latino groups that are quick to yell racism but do the same nonsense to Blacks (especially) and other non-Latinos. I remember not that long ago there was a lot of nonsense going on between Dominicans and Blacks. The Dominicans thought they were better than the Blacks and you had a lot of "racial" animosity. That has improved a bit too now that more Dominicans have been here for a while and see that they aren't viewed any more better than Blacks, especially since a lot of Dominicans have a substantial amount of black mixture in them, even the light skinned ones.
I agree it's very strange when Russians (immigrants themselves) are racist against other immigrant groups.
I think it's about racism: many of the Russians feel superior because while they are immigrants, "at least we are white."
It's pretty disgusting.
Also, not sure there is SO much difference between Russian Jews and Russian Christians (not sure about Russian Muslims, of which there are also a lot). True, some of the Russian Jews identify first as Jews and second as Muslims. But some are very very Russian. Plus lots of Russian Jews marry Russian Christians, that's not uncommon either.
Brighton Beach has seemingly attracted a much lower class of immigrant the past ten years or so from both Russia and from the former Russian/Soviet republics in Central Asia. I find them to be very coarse and lowbrow. They're a race of Borats.
Brighton Beach has seemingly attracted a much lower class of immigrant the past ten years or so from both Russia and from the former Russian/Soviet republics in Central Asia. I find them to be very coarse and lowbrow. They're a race of Borats.
It's the same class that arrived in the 70's. It's that these are not getting the entitlements that the Russian Jews got during the cold war. They are heading to this neighborhood based on old US propaganda. Surprise!
Brighton Beach has seemingly attracted a much lower class of immigrant the past ten years or so from both Russia and from the former Russian/Soviet republics in Central Asia. I find them to be very coarse and lowbrow. They're a race of Borats.
Lol Russians don't even like each other half the time. Russia is a biggggggggg country.
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