The Melting Pot

[Unkotare]

is still melting



The American immigrant experience of assimilation over time and generations is still functioning as it always has. It is an honor to watch it unfold again and again.

 

[DGS49]

Try visiting Dearborn, Michigan. And a hundred other communities around the country where foreigners have set down roots in large numbers, all ethnically the same and NOT "American." In fact, when "Americans" go to those communities they are often made to feel unwelcome, at times violently so.

Historically, immigrants came to this country and insisted that their kids speak English, go to public schools, and assimilate as quickly as possible. The immigrants themselves, depending on how old they were when they came here, might not learn to speak English well, even if they watched American television constantly, but they wanted their kids to speak English without an accent.

If you think things aren't different now, you are not paying attention.

 

[Lemmi]

Oh man Bill Maher is the best! Please post more if you have any.

 

[Winco]

Try visiting Dearborn, Michigan. And a hundred other communities around the country where foreigners have set down roots in large numbers, all ethnically the same and NOT "American." In fact, when "Americans" go to those communities they are often made to feel unwelcome, at times violently so.

Historically, immigrants came to this country and insisted that their kids speak English, go to public schools, and assimilate as quickly as possible. The immigrants themselves, depending on how old they were when they came here, might not learn to speak English well, even if they watched American television constantly, but they wanted their kids to speak English without an accent.

If you think things aren't different now, you are not paying attention.

I teach plenty of students that speak English, while their parents speak Spanish or Russian.

There are very few student, in my State, that come into public school and speak NO ENGLISH.

 

[MarathonMike]

is still melting



The American immigrant experience of assimilation over time and generations is still functioning as it always has. It is an honor to watch it unfold again and again.

Too much, too fast, too unknown and too needy. The immigration process has jumped off the rails and is totally out of control.

 

[jotathought]

There is no melting pot anymore .. especially when foreigners are not encourage to assimilate to American culture, and government continues to allow open borders on the south.

 

[MaryL]

is still melting



The American immigrant experience of assimilation over time and generations is still functioning as it always has. It is an honor to watch it unfold again and again.

Dude, I am glad you are still here. We agree to disagree. Peace.

 

[Flash]

It is time to stop all immigration to the US. We have enough of these worthless Third World welfare queens.

At 330 million we are full.

Enough is enough.

 

[Mac-7]

I teach plenty of students that speak English, while their parents speak Spanish or Russian.

There are very few student, in my State, that come into public school and speak NO ENGLISH.

If the speak foreign they think foreign

They may have green cards but they are not American

 

[MaryL]

I would have guessed by now, a Californian liberal like Unko would have figured out this trash ideology broke your home state. Diversity is killing us. Sorry, Unko. With all due respect.

 

[Unkotare]

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Historically, immigrants came to this country and insisted that their kids speak English, go to public schools, and assimilate as quickly as possible. The immigrants themselves, depending on how old they were when they came here, might not learn to speak English well, even if they watched American television constantly, but they wanted their kids to speak English without an accent.
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Just like today.

 

[Unkotare]

There is no melting pot anymore .. ...

The same Melting Pot working the dame way.

 

[Unkotare]

If the speak foreign they think foreign

They may have green cards but they are not American

That's just stupid.

 

[Unkotare]

I would have guessed by now, a Californian liberal like Unko would have figured out this trash ideology broke your home state. Diversity is killing us. Sorry, Unko. With all due respect.

About as far as you can get, geographically and ideologically, from California liberal, you dopey old broad.

 

[MaryL]

Unko, I like diversity. It's a good thing. The melting pot concept. Not acclimating to the culture, not so much. Apparently its racist to migrants to you know, conform to the culture they are adopting. Why is that?

 

[Unkotare]

It is time to stop all immigration to the US. We have enough of these worthless Third World welfare queens.

At 330 million we are full.

Enough is enough.

We're not going to , and we are anything but "full."

 

[Unkotare]

Unko, I like diversity. It's a good thing. The melting pot concept. Not acclimating to the culture, not so much. Apparently its racist to migrants to you know, conform to the culture they are adopting. Why is that?

It's not, and immigrants understand that.

 

[MaryL]

About as far as you can get, geographically and ideologically, from California liberal, you dopey old broad.

What are you then? Lift that veil of ambiguity. Please.

 

[Unkotare]

What are you then? L...

What are you looking for?

 

[MaryL]

What are you looking for?

I like how you didn't answer my question.