Subj : Great Replacement Theory
To   : Kaelon
From : Moondog
Date : Tue May 24 2022 15:19:00

  Re: Great Replacement Theory
  By: Kaelon to All on Tue May 24 2022 09:56 am

 > In the United States, there is a long-standing tradition - to the founding o
 > 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 ho
 > 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, everyon
 > "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.
 > 

A good example of not assimilating is having to push#1 for english and #2 for
espanol.  If you work in retail, speaking Spanish is a hiring point. 
Mandarin, Bahasa, Tagalog, Yoruba, Hindi or German, not so much

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