Subj : Great Replacement Theory
To   : All
From : Kaelon
Date : Tue May 24 2022 09:56:00

In the United States, there is a long-standing tradition - to the founding of
the Republic - of denigrating outsiders and the established cultural or
racial groups feeling "threatened" that they are being "replaced" by these
outsiders, biologically and numerically.  That this is now called a
'conspiracy,' in my view, is to do so without appreciating the history of how
we have marginalized outsiders before they finally integrated in the melting
pot.

Whether it was the Irish of the 1920s, the Italians of the 1950s, or the
Hispanics - there has always been resistance until finally there is a firm
acceptance that there is more than brings us together than sets us apart.
Ordinarily, the melting pot works if there is integration and, well, everyone
"melts" into the new diverse identify of the United States.  

Where I see the true problem is that "replacement" persists so long as each
cultural identity expresses itself at the expense of the inclusive and
diversive whole.  

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