re: Immigrants are not adopting American Culture

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in the America you envision, we would not be able to buy a pizza, breakfast burrito or kolache.

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That's incorrect, stupid and lazy. But you knew that already, didn't you?

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White-dominated because blacks were still looked down upon in the ranks. You had Indian codemakers, latino, polynisian, and asian spies, black pilots, and the list goes on.

I'm not on some diveristy tirade here, but I'd clarify your initial statement.

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Also ignores the fact that there are plenty of non white people currently serving in the military

Sounds like this little bitch just doesn't like any change

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We have a huge number of people from Asia and of course we have a lot of people from India... We have a lot of people from all over the world...

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India is part of Asia....

Jesus

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I'm just trying to tap into a conversation about multiculturalism and its impact on our identity as country as we move forward into the future

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Multiculturalism in and of itself is neither good nor bad

We should try to be selective about immigrants but beyond that I don't care about "culture" unless we're talking about Islam.

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India is part of Asia....

Jesus

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Indeed.

Of course, it's often referred to as the 'Sub-Continent' for a reason - it's usually looked at (culturally, geographically, and otherwise) as rather separate and apart from the rest of Asia.

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He seems to have a problem with people bringing their culture here.

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I think he has more of a problem not with them bringing their culture here, but rather with them NOT integrating their culture with ours. Doing nothing to integrate themselves into our culture, but rather trying to make their culture ours. If that makes sense. It did in my head.

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They are bringing their native land culture and language.

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This is the new reality. Our system rewards them for doing this.

The USA is the only country in history AFAIK that has such a high level of self-hate. Why should immigrants want to become something so loathed? They retain more political power and get more benefits by remaining in minority status.

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Because anything freely handed to someone is rarely appreciated

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I think you nailed it... That is the post of the day.

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I think he has more of a problem not with them bringing their culture here, but rather with them NOT integrating their culture with ours. Doing nothing to integrate themselves into our culture, but rather trying to make their culture ours. If that makes sense. It did in my head.

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I think he has a valid concern but I also think it's a concern that has been expressed by every generation. Go to Texas and you'll see plenty of second and third generation Mexican families living in normal suburbs and working normal jobs and eating plenty of Papa Johns and speaking English.

I'm not saying it's a non-issue, but I do question the idea that at a broad level "Immigrants aren't assimilating." A lot of them are. Now, whether they're coming over in quantities too large to make assimilation natural is a different question.

I also think origins matter. I honestly don't see second and third generation Mexicans/Guatamalans/etc. who aren't assimilating to some extent. We'll need more time to evaluate that, but it's not a major concern of mine.

I do worry about Muslim/Somali populations in Minnesota and Michigan. I think most of them assimilate in many ways (they drive Uber, they buy American shite, they learn english, etc.) but obviously there is a larger cultural clash when it comes to Islam and the West.

I don't have that concern about Latino immigrants, although some will say they don't emphasize education enough, etc. Probably some truth to that, but I don't think it's deeply engrained. Moreover, we have plenty of communities in America already that don't prioritize work ethic or education.