We have large numbers of immigrant owned businesses in our community and I have witnessed nothing but good will extended to them from clients.
i wish this were true of the chinese immigrants in italy. the italians feel shown up by how hard they work, but on average they are set up in their own little business after 5 years grind, according to a very good current tv doc i saw recently.
go al gore! ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
Typically, asian small businesses seem to be a very family oriented effort to begin with. I have noticed that the Koreans here are hiring American (native born) labor more and more though.
I can see where the typical Asian business and work model would rile feathers. Here the Korean laundries undercut existing ones by charging 25-30% less for the same services. Family labor standards and lower profit margins may contribute to their ability to do this in some cases. I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
