tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post4290190223293458626..comments2024-01-04T19:29:46.884-06:00Comments on The Not-Writing Spectacle: They Make It Sound Like It's a Bad ThingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-91537284569266902932017-05-31T11:25:54.347-05:002017-05-31T11:25:54.347-05:00Silver hit everything on my punch list. LOL!
I...Silver hit everything on my punch list. LOL!<br /><br />I'm old enough to remember when people WANTED to assimilate into becoming American. <br /><br />I wish people would stop picking fights over every little conceived slight. They have no clue what real problems are.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-86003903124638947372017-05-30T08:32:18.012-05:002017-05-30T08:32:18.012-05:00Yeah...we're gonna argue a little bit here. Ma...Yeah...we're gonna argue a little bit here. Mainly over definition and semantics. First, I believe that anyone who immigrates to this country should assimilate. They should learn English. They should embrace our multi-culture life. Living in cultural enclaves, retaining their home language and cultures with no addition of this brave new world they've moved to? No bueno. (See what I did there?)<br /><br />Now...that said, I have a real problem with ACTUAL cultural appropriation--when people CLAIM a cultural background that isn't rightfully theirs. Remember the case of that woman who was an NAACP officer, said she was black, and she was more whitebread than me? (I'm only 3/4 whitebread but I have blonde hair and blue eyes so I look very much 100% Caucasian.) Then there was that politician who claimed to be Cherokee because it was a "family story" and oh, yeah, she got minority preference on the job because she was American Indian. That just twisted my cultural ID panties into a big ol' wad.<br /><br />I totally agree that we are melting pot. That is cultural ASSIMILATION. I think all the pluses you listed are covered in awesomesauce. Where I get snarly is when those who come here refuse to melt and insist on their own special snowflake status, or those who are melted claiming to be something they aren't to gain advantage and entitlement. <br /><br />And don't even get me started on Taco Tuesday being rude to Hispanics... That's a rant for another day. <i>*climbs down of soap box*</i> Sorry. I'm in a mood today. LOL Time to write words in a world I CAN control! :)Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.com