Why can't we all just be...unified?

[knowsbleed]

Forget money, this is America... get it tattooed on your chest with the word unification misspelled as "unifcation".

 

[Pink Ranger]

Jericho was born on 'Murican soil. Jericho for President!

If Jericho was president, the USA would keep jobbing to China because it's "the future of this industry."

 

[knowsbleed]

All of these wrestling references is why we can't be unified... because nobody can relate to that garbage.

 

[Teelie]

why was that Sikh man attacked recently? was that an invitation to integrate?

Probably some jackass mistook him for Muslim and wanted to do some ethnic bashing.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

I bet you lots of those now favorite Asian, Mexican, and Italian dishes were made and sold first by immigrants who couldnt't speak English.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

If Jericho was president, the USA would keep jobbing to China because it's "the future of this industry."

 

[MMMMM...Pancakes]

If Jericho was president, the USA would keep jobbing to China because it's "the future of this industry."

Damn you're good Pinky. How are you not in the entertainment biz?

 

[Thundercrack85]

Let me start by saying I am totally ALL FOR immigration. All of us immigrated here at one point in our family history. But I don't think it should stop at just coming over here...I do believe that some form of assimilation does need to take place. Am I wrong to think that?

I believe that if you move to this country, then one of the things you NEED to have is a firm, solid grasp of the english language. IE...you should be able to have a conversation with someone in English.

It also brings up another point....i'm not against embracing/remember your original culture. But you're American now, that should be first. So why do we have so many who come over here all merging together into little sub sections within the country? Why does it have to be an all mexican community? Why can't there be a little of everything? It's like trying to make a soup but not wanting to mix things together...so all you have is a nasty looking water with a bunch of ingredients clumped together.

Is it wrong to think that we should stop mixing only with our own "kind" and delete the concept of "kind" to begin with? How can we be unified as a country when we view ourselves from where we came from and not from where we are?

Maybe i'm just wrong...

thoughts?

Well, if you're from a privileged Anglo-Saxon background, or I suppose even Dutch or Irish-Scotch background, that makes reasonable sense. You want the others to assimilate into your specific brand of American culture.

But what about the Hispanics who have been living in say, the Southwest, for centuries. Should they adopt your culture? What about the Cajuns?

There's also the fact that the American establishment essentially forced immigrants to live in ghettos for centuries, effectively forming them to form their own unique cultures (for better or worse).

Historically, America has been a country of immigrant loathing immigrants.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Damn you're good Pinky. How are you not in the entertainment biz?

Lol, thanks. I'll stick to finance, because I don't have the math skills to work in show business.