"Arrivals . . There Goes The Neighborhood"

I feel that this quote can be quite misleading. For one, there aren't many prime examples in modern times of this. This can apply to many events in history, the most common being the arrival of the European explorers on American land.

The Native Americans didn't exactly know how so many of their population were dying off. The Europeans might not have known either but they did pass on diseases through casual contact. Native Americans had the right to think along the lines of "there goes the neighborhood" but that's only from one side.

The European explorers were there for God, gold, and glory. They believed that they had been sent on a mission from God to convert non-Catholics to Catholicism, which led to force on their part in killing the natives. Their motives were to bring back resources, convert as missionaries, and to get famous for what they did. They didn't consider the cons as much, seeing as they did what they thought they were supposed to do. Anyone who got in their way they would most likely kill.

There was a time when Asians were discriminated for immigrating to the US. People back then didn't approve of so many people immigrating because they thought the newcomers were after the wealth to send back to their families. Even now, Mexicans can cross the US-Mexico border and can technically live here for the rest of their lives and their children would be able to have automatic US citizenship under certain conditions.

It's not just the US that still has discrimination. A lot of Asian countries, most notably South Korea, didn't have a lot of interactions with other countries. Generally, South Koreans tend to look down on interracial relationships and even just people of non-Asian races. There are some different factors (like their political issues) that cause this particular type of society, but it still is a "there goes the neighborhood" type of attitude.

This type of attitude can come from religious beliefs, political beliefs, and social beliefs. The Europeans' religious beliefs caused a lot of brute force in attempting to convert many of the Native Americans. Their political beliefs come from ties with slavery where "colored" people were forced to become laborers for them. Their social beliefs were that anyone who were "barbarians" or "uncivilized" were not allowed to be considered human. Even though not everyone had that type of mindset, it's still definitely there, but just not as noticeable, similar to a nagging voice in one's mind.