Creating a perpetual outsider/underclass is hardly the direction I think we should go. I'd also point out that our culture has greatly been enriched, rather than degraded, by cultural infusion. It has made our lives, entertainments, foods, and languages, to sample but a few things, far more interesting than if we were all (well, actually…
Creating a perpetual outsider/underclass is hardly the direction I think we should go. I'd also point out that our culture has greatly been enriched, rather than degraded, by cultural infusion. It has made our lives, entertainments, foods, and languages, to sample but a few things, far more interesting than if we were all (well, actually, not many of us would be here at all, come to think of it) simply descended from the British puritans and cavaliers.
You left out crime rates. You left out subsidization - and who pays for the enrichment you advocate for. Recipes are not difficult - so that doesn’t hold for some of us who can follow them. Entertainment as well - I care about my own people’s stories. Yes, I like to see foreign films - but the whole point is they’re FOREIGN. I don’t need to live next door to a Vietnamese family with Peruvians on the other side in order to watch their films. While I agree with you it is not necessarily and either or, it is definitely a trade. It’s a non-argument to state that most of us wouldn’t be here if not descended from British Puritans and Cavaliers. One doesn’t say, “Welp - thousands of years ago the Steppes people migrated to Scandinavia, and without their migration we wouldn’t be here, so we may as well import Iraqis.”
For those like you, all I can say is - enjoy the multiracialism you desire - and how about all of California? New York? Southern Florida or Texas? Detroit? Chicago? London? Why does every place need to be multiracial?
Creating a perpetual outsider/underclass is hardly the direction I think we should go. I'd also point out that our culture has greatly been enriched, rather than degraded, by cultural infusion. It has made our lives, entertainments, foods, and languages, to sample but a few things, far more interesting than if we were all (well, actually, not many of us would be here at all, come to think of it) simply descended from the British puritans and cavaliers.
You left out crime rates. You left out subsidization - and who pays for the enrichment you advocate for. Recipes are not difficult - so that doesn’t hold for some of us who can follow them. Entertainment as well - I care about my own people’s stories. Yes, I like to see foreign films - but the whole point is they’re FOREIGN. I don’t need to live next door to a Vietnamese family with Peruvians on the other side in order to watch their films. While I agree with you it is not necessarily and either or, it is definitely a trade. It’s a non-argument to state that most of us wouldn’t be here if not descended from British Puritans and Cavaliers. One doesn’t say, “Welp - thousands of years ago the Steppes people migrated to Scandinavia, and without their migration we wouldn’t be here, so we may as well import Iraqis.”
For those like you, all I can say is - enjoy the multiracialism you desire - and how about all of California? New York? Southern Florida or Texas? Detroit? Chicago? London? Why does every place need to be multiracial?