You didn’t answer the question of the post to which you just responded.Kwanza is a concrete example of creating something out of nothing to make a distinct group feel good about themselves.In today's world, if you're not a ruthless con artist or a brilliant mathematician there's no real path for success.All forms of labor are soon going to be worthless thanks to automation. Then we'll have a nation full of a million different warring tribes and jack shit to do.Cheap labor.Are we sure politicians have our best interests in mind...OR have they forgot about quality of life and put population / GDP first?
How's that working out in southern California?
The actual issue here is one of culture, not country of origin. For most of our history, we followed the liberal melting pot approach. People came here, added some of their distinct flavor to the mix, but adopted American ways.
As multiculturalism began to infiltrate and pervert liberalism, the emphasis shifted to distinctness rather then melting together to the point where we have returned to tribalism, which is a very primitive outlook and nearly the antithesis of actual liberalism.
a society simply cannot function without at least SOME form of shared values. Multiculturalism operates under a false assumption, namely, that people with utterly distinct and competing world views can somehow live in harmony. You might as well believe in magic, it is so unworkable.
Seems to me that most groups have held on to some aspects of their culture and heritage.. Think about the Greeks families you know or Italians or Jews or Irish or whatever.. In one way or another they honor and maintain their heritage without being a threat to "American ways"..
Did you see the recent stink about Kwaanza on this board?
Are we bending ourselves into pretzels to deny or rationalize racism?
How about a good education instead?
So what? Are you actually worried about Kwanza?
Every tradition was NEW at some point.