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Is the U.S. unique in that settlers/immigrants celebrate their mother countries?
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:40 pm
I mean you have Cinco de Mayo for Mexican immigrants waving Mexican flags.
You have St. Paddy's day for the Irish waving Irish flags.
You have Italian-American parades waving Italian flags.
I have Polish friends displaying polish flags.
etc.
etc.
I have nothing against this. In fact I like it. I like this kind of culture.
But you don't see this in other countries.
In fact, in Israel it is starkly the opposite. All the Eastern European settlers/conquerors/immigrants that settled Israel changed their Eastern European surnames to something more Hebrew sounding.
Is the U.S. unique in the fact that we celebrate other countries in our own country of America?
You have St. Paddy's day for the Irish waving Irish flags.
You have Italian-American parades waving Italian flags.
I have Polish friends displaying polish flags.
etc.
etc.
I have nothing against this. In fact I like it. I like this kind of culture.
But you don't see this in other countries.
In fact, in Israel it is starkly the opposite. All the Eastern European settlers/conquerors/immigrants that settled Israel changed their Eastern European surnames to something more Hebrew sounding.
Is the U.S. unique in the fact that we celebrate other countries in our own country of America?
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Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:43 pm to GumboPot
I’m pretty sure that I saw the Pakistanis in Ireland waving flags in city hall as they took over their government
But that’s kind of a new thing compared to ethnic groups being proud of their country here in America. But the new twist on that is now you see Mexican and Ukrainian flags displayed more prominently than the American flag.
But that’s kind of a new thing compared to ethnic groups being proud of their country here in America. But the new twist on that is now you see Mexican and Ukrainian flags displayed more prominently than the American flag.
This post was edited on 5/14/25 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:44 pm to GumboPot
Definitely not the American way.
The American way is to tell the mother country to frick off and then create our own new flag.
The American way is to tell the mother country to frick off and then create our own new flag.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:44 pm to GumboPot
No, not unique. Only thing different, historically, is the sheer number of immigrants we have compared to other countries. They are starting to see lots of this now though.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:45 pm to GumboPot
No there are certainly other countries that celebrate ethnicity or such. Lots of South Americans are very proud of their roots especially when not Spanish - there are plenty of Italians, Germans, Welsh, and even Japanese in South America.
Its less common in "mother countries" like those in Europe, although recently middle eastern immigrants are happy to celebrate their roots very openly.
I personally love good Irish Bars and Italian restaurants, but most of those people are very clear they are Americans.
Its less common in "mother countries" like those in Europe, although recently middle eastern immigrants are happy to celebrate their roots very openly.
I personally love good Irish Bars and Italian restaurants, but most of those people are very clear they are Americans.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:46 pm to GumboPot
We quit asking or requiring people coming here to assimilate a long time ago... This is how you destroy a country...
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:49 pm to GumboPot
You forgot about the Canadians coming here and waving their rainbow flags
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:50 pm to SuperSaint
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:53 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
quote:
Only thing different, historically, is the sheer number of immigrants we have compared to other countries. They are starting to see lots of this now though.
Not immigrants as much as invaders.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:54 pm to GumboPot
quote:no
Is the U.S. unique in that settlers/immigrants celebrate their mother countries?
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:54 pm to GumboPot
This isnt that complicated...you see French flags in the French Quarter. People came here from Europe.. therefore you see the flags. Most people from Norway have been in Norway a long time so you wont see other flags.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 1:00 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
The US has a huge influence on Trinidad, heck half of Brooklyn is Trini immigrants. Many happy Trinis when Trump won. Saw some American flags flying. So it works both ways.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 1:07 pm to GumboPot
We don't have a day celebrating our British heritage. But we sure have a lot of towns named after their towns. I think the thing we owe them for most is the influence of British thinkers on our founding fathers. Thank God we had founders who studied this stuff.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 1:23 pm to Zach
quote:
We don't have a day celebrating our British heritage. But we sure have a lot of towns named after their towns. I think the thing we owe them for most is the influence of British thinkers on our founding fathers. Thank God we had founders who studied this stuff.
I'm really happy the British Colonists loyal to the Crown were real dicks to the British Colonists that were not loyal to the Crown in terms of not wanting the Patriots to write badly about George and not form militias with guns, or we would have never had the 1st and 2nd amendments.
This post was edited on 5/14/25 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 5/14/25 at 1:25 pm to GumboPot
You can still be proud of your heritage and be a good American. It's one thing to put your Italian, Irish, etc, flag out for various celebrations. It's just not something you would or should do every day.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 1:29 pm to Tigergreg
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You can still be proud of your heritage and be a good American.
Totally agree. It's acceptable in America.
Is that acceptable in China? Japan? Russia?
Probably not.
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