Talk:Thai American

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Contents 1 Point 2 Vfd 3 Rename/refashion 4 Classism - Not All Thai-Americans are White-Collar 5 "related groups" info removed from infobox

[edit] Point

What is the point of this page? Thai immigrants in US are relatively SMALL number compared to other nationals. If you want to talk about In-Chan, then creat a page about them. There is no Thai official record about Mr. He Thien whom the author claimed to be the first student to immigrate from Thailand. The number of Thai immigrants to US that the author provided does not have any reference. If you want to put this page on, you have to do more in-depth with reliable FACTS, not something you guess. And again, what is the point of talking about Thai immigrants in US which are relatively VERY SMALL number compared to other nationals. -dhanakorn, June 22, 2005

[edit] Vfd

This article was proposed for deletion June 2005. Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Thai immigration to the United States Joyous (talk) July 4, 2005 02:24 (UTC)

[edit] Rename/refashion

I suggest, following a suggestion made by SimonP on the VfD, that this be moved and refashioned as a Thai American article. Any objection/comment?--Pharos 4 July 2005 02:33 (UTC)

[edit] Classism - Not All Thai-Americans are White-Collar

Although Los Angeles has the largest population of Thai immigrants, other cities around the U.S. have 750 average when researching the U.S. Census 2000 figures.

What I know in the mother country (on Thai soil) is that if one drove a Mercedes-Benz and/or Volvo, the individual is considered wealthy and/or the equivalent of a celebrity. However in the U.S. and Canada, this is not the case.

There is also a blue-collar segment of the Thai-American population which exists, especially for those earning less than $120,000/yr where not all are in the cliched occupations e.g. law/medicine/computer technology. In real life, those not part of the "Thai Elite" (prominent restaurenteur, doctor, attorney) in the white collar world (which includes the yuppiefied Asian American mainstream) are considered social pariahs to which the working class Thai-Americans are excluded from the community.

[edit] "related groups" info removed from infobox

For dedicated editors of this page: The "Related Groups" info was removed from all {{Infobox Ethnic group}} infoboxes. Comments may be left here. Ling.Nut 23:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)