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they are also increasingly unwilling to live near each other, be friends, or get married to members of the other group.Well that's the effect harping on "diversity" from the media/opinion makers/HR representatives in all the companies since probably the early 90's will have on a society. Diversity by definition obsesses on differences instead of commonalities, so it should be no surprise that people start separating themselves into like-minded groups, or as David Horowitz describes it in one of his books "society splintered into a galaxy of special interest groups all clamoring for their own special pleadings."
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
The right answer is to emphasize unity as Americans, being proud to ignore race completely, and to de-emphasize diversity.
FortWayne saysIt works only if the newcomers integrate, not demand America changes to accommodate them
If that is the case we should all start wearing buckskin dresses ( like American Indians ) and live in Tipi. My snide remark aside, in essence while to some extent correct, it is hard to understand what is American values besides free speech and adherence to the constitutions ( which has been amended multiple times to accommodate the changes) . Is homosexuality and abortion non American . I don't think so. Is being an environmentalist not correct? Or in a nation of immigrants , being an immigrant is now a pariah.
America has the right to stop any new immigration or make it based on some criterion ( such as education ) as long as those are not based on race, religion or skin color. Some immigrant classes are more integrate-able and education is one of the valid criterion. Other than th...
it is hard to understand what is American values besides free speech and adherence to the constitutions
LastMan saysThis rejection based on group membership is called...
... speciation.
We need a proportional representation system like Germany has.
Being effectively limited to only two parties makes it easy for our owners to keep us under control.
Enlightenment & liberal values:
- respect for human rights & dignity, not limited to free speech, equality of rights, equality of men and women, equality in front of the law, etc...
- liberal democracy
- separation of church and power
- separation of powers
- freedom of enterprise,
- free markets
- apple pie
- American shopping habits
- instant gratification
- etc...
We can't talk to each other because we exist in 2 different worlds
Says the guy who is so partisan he can’t even imagine the other side let alone imagine how intelligent people could feel differently about the world than he does.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-identity-not-issues-explains-the-partisan-divide/