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Re:She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a ... by systemvoltage on Thursday March 18, 2021 @09:45PM (#26509456)
Let's put all the D&I bullshit aside. Someone, immigrating from a country, with so little money, working hard, going through the process of building rapport, reputation and delivering results, to attain a title of Director, taking up new responsibilities is inspiring to me. Really, it feels great in the heart. NASA PR is one thing - they gotta do what they gotta do, but if you see past all that, its nice to hear the story of someone from Columbia, perhaps going back home and telling their families that they work for NASA. Can you imagine the pride their loved ones feel? I feel your frustration with the publicity, PR machine, etc though.
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Re:She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a ... by melling on Thursday March 18, 2021 @10:36PM (#26509717)
That would be Colombia, not Columbia.

I’ve spent some time there. Bogota feels like NYC.

Medellin is a gem. Cartagena, Zona Cafetera, ...

When Americans talk about places like Colombia, it sounds like some dirt poor place. There is a healthy middle class

Colombia is a great place where many Americans are retiring.

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Re:She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a ... by systemvoltage on Thursday March 18, 2021 @11:06PM (#26509843)
> Someone immigrating from a country with so little money

I meant she had little money, not the country – $300 to be precise according to the article. Bad grammar on my part including spelling.

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Re:She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a ... by judge2020 on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:57AM (#26510266)
But it feels like the news is trying to imply she got out of the slums to work in the great public sector of America, which feeds the premonition of "not USA or Europe or top 10 population country" = low-standard-of-living third world country.
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Re:She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a ... by systemvoltage on Friday March 19, 2021 @01:36AM (#26510407)
Immigration doesn't imply anything about either countries. This is your interpretation.
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Re:She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a ... by judge2020 on Friday March 19, 2021 @01:28PM (#26515993)
My interpretation about these articles' implied messaging, not her immigration.
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Re:She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a ... by Swizec on Thursday March 18, 2021 @09:52PM (#26509489)
> Can you imagine the pride their loved ones feel?

As a fellow immigrant, they do! Unfortunately it can also come with a lot of sour grapes.

“Heck yeah you’re going to USA!!” from your friends soon changes to “Bah USA, I bet it sucks anyway”

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Re:She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a ... by wernercd on Thursday March 18, 2021 @09:51PM (#26509486)
Pride is fine... pandering and focusing on everything that divides us isn't.
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Re:She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a ... by graycat on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:23AM (#26510139)
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Re:She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a ... by dang on Friday March 19, 2021 @01:27AM (#26510386)
Please don't cross into personal attack. graycat has an interesting history, and it's not good to be an asshole to fellow community members, even if you find a comment somehow inappropriate.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a ... by the_resistence on Friday March 19, 2021 @01:03AM (#26510296)
Clap, clap, clap...Uplifting
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