Posted by Ukieman on March 05, 2001 at 17:24:08:
In Reply to: Re: Dead Horse - Still Kicking - and Died! posted by Brighten Beach on March 05, 2001 at 15:22:06:
Ukrainec, have you checked your latest facts? The latest statistics reveal that in the last several years non-Jewish Ukrainians and Russians are the biggest immigrants to come to Brighton Beach. And it doesn't matter what country you are in. If you are of Ukrainian heritage, you need to keep and maintain it. This being in America nonsense is just a lame cop-out for apathy. If they didn't like their foreign identity, they would all be speaking English and not be speaking Russian would they? They would be going to American churches too. So let's get these people together. Oh by the way, I wonder what pograms you are talking about against Russians? The only pograms against the Russians I can think of are the ones against themselves.
: Ukieman, You forget one thing. Most people in Brighten Beach are JEWS. Nothing against, but it is a totally different mentality. They are more likely to have less nationalistic feelings then Ukrainians in Western or Eastern Ukraine. Why should they? Russians and JEws alike have had their shares of pogroms against them.(Not to say there weren't specific reasons since in the old days of Western Ukraine,they worked for the hated Poles) Does it really matter if they call themselves Ukrainians? They are in America now.