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> Also people seem to care a LOT about immigration and preserving their culture I don't understand that part. Isn't US a sum of N cultures that decided to have

by antirez 10y ago

> Also people seem to care a LOT about immigration and preserving their culture I don't understand that part. Isn't US a sum of N cultures that decided to have a common culture? So why the newcomers can't do what the predecessors did?

jacobolus 10y ago
There was all kinds of hatred for the Irish, Italians, Germans, Poles, Chinese, etc. 70–150 years ago. Interracial marriage was illegal in the US south less than 50 years ago. The arguments against Mexicans and Muslim refugees today are nearly identical, just with the names changed. 1940s Sinatra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpO6mpYvyqQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpO6mpYvyqQ
- joeyspn 10y ago
  I guess there was also hatred for the English and the Spaniards the first time they put their feet on american soil...
  - thesagan 10y ago
    According to old diaries in my family collection, even my german ancestors detested working for the English "lord" in the late 1800s.
seanp2k2 10y ago
There's not really a good response I can think of here which fits with the guidelines of this site aside from basically we have a lot of ignorant short-sighted voters in this country.
- alphapapa 10y ago
  One of the reasons Clinton lost is because of the attitude that everyone who opposes her is ignorant and short-sighted. Food for thought.
WillPostForFood 10y ago
The US was the sum of N European cultures, mostly western, mostly northern. So assimilation wasn't as big a leap.