I think this is completely fair. For example, we have a saying "Old Dead White Men" and yet this country, it's laws, it's structure, is based on the ideas of ol

I think this is completely fair. For example, we have a saying "Old Dead White Men" and yet this country, it's laws, it's structure, is based on the ideas of old dead white men. It's a contradictory set of positions to hold to assure that people can immigrate and retain their identity - they are expected to even -, that this country's past is evil and should be undone, and yet also they should assimilate. We are told to ignore anything old dead white men created and yet we expect immigrants to come here and vaguely "assimilate". It's unclear what that even means. We find things like the melting pot analogy offensive and diversity is seen as a good thing. Doesn't that contradict assimilation? If diversity and assimilation are compatible, what does assimilation even mean? What commonality is required and why does it seem like this definition can easily be changed when suitable? The only argument against this is to say that well "that's xenophobic". But I think this is just a way of ending the points made without discussing them because they cause discomfort. There are benefits to immigration but those benefits are not distributed evenly. It's also hard to benefit from immigration materially and politically but simultaneously say it's being done for humanitarian reasons and anyone opposed is just a bigot. It's easier to shut down debate than have to confront this.