Subj : Great Replacement Theory
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Kaelon
Date : Thu May 26 2022 14:56:34

  Re: Great Replacement Theory
  By: Dumas Walker to KAELON on Wed May 25 2022 06:06 pm

Dumas,

I think we're 100% on the same page of this view.

 > I think you are hitting a nail on the head without realizing it, though.
 > Yes, there are some who are racist that believe that any foreigner being
 > brought into another country is "replacement" but, as you pointed out in
 > another message, you fully understand the reason for assimilating, or
 > melting into, the American society.
 >
 > I think the issue comes with the folks that you also described, who want
 > to be here but don't want to be a part of society, and some that even
 > expect society to change to their imported values.  That is the
 > "replacement" that seems to be going on these days.

Completely agree. I was always taught, as a U.S.-born Cuban-American, to be proud of my culture, but prouder even still of being an American. I credit that mindset as being widely pervasive in the Cuban-American Community: we all know English fluently, we are all politically and civically active in American society, and in most cases, there's really no interest in "returning to Cuba" (far from it).  Perhaps we better fit the mold of the classic immigrant population for the United States - those seeking a better life for themselves and their children, and to start a new future in the American Dream.

 > It has no basis in history, but what about in the "right now"?  Our
 > government seems to have no issues letting people in of certain
 > ethnicities, while others (most Asians) don't seem as welcome.  Even their
 > lack of issues for most hispanics/latinos does not necessarily extend to
 > Cubans or Brazilians.

Yes. I think insular communities emerge for a variety of reasons, but we have an obligation as a welcoming country to provoke and persuade these communities to open up, engage, and integrate and assimilate into the American melting pot. Their traditions, cultures, world-views, etc., make America stronger.  But they must, you know, "melt."

 > The key words are "integrate and assimilate."

100%.
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-=: Kaelon :=-

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