[automated_toast]

And it's not a race thing, it's a money thing. Hong Kong Chinese don't want paltry wages so they import Filipinos. Lebanese don't want paltry wages so they import Sri Lankans. Even black South Africans don't want paltry wages to they import Zimbabweans.

[spatley]

It's not a race thing, it's a money thing. The U. S. cotton agriculture workers don't want to work for nothing so they import Africans.

[Supermancho]

The US Railroad liked Chinese immigrants, etc. That's what happened, for the same reasons that H1B visa hires are popular.