7 korrents from this piece
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Their wordsA multicultural nation can’t survive as a “salad bowl”, where each group of people maintains its distinctiveness over time.
Their wordsThere is no “separate but equal” when it comes to cultures within a nation; if they remain forever separate, they will inevitably be unequal.
Their wordsMore pragmatically, nations without cultural unity have difficulty providing public goods; politics tends to break down into an ethnic spoils system instead of being run for the benefit of the masses.
Our reading
Assimilation should never require an immigrant to give up their religion or their heritage.
Their wordsImmigrants and their children should not be required to forsake every symbol of the old world, abandon their religion, or forget their heritage.
Their wordsShared life experience beats shared heritage in terms of building the bonds of nationhood.
Their wordsI believe that the MAGA movement is simply one of America’s periodic nativist backlashes, like the Know-Nothings in the 1850s or the restrictionists of the 1910s.
Their wordsIt’s a normal healthy process, and everyone should accept it; it’s part of the deal when you move to America.