Are they still teaching you the melting pot myth over there? I remember more than 20 years ago back at my schooldays they already taught us that the more appropriate image was that of the salad bowl.
On 7 Jul., 02:10, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to wonder why you picked the term "vermin", frankly. That's a > pretty loaded word to imply was my intent or meaning. I am simply > stating a fact that is quite obvious. And it does impact on our > culture and politics. It's no different than what the Indian Nations > dealt with with our arrival and expansion. We've been the "meltingpot" so we > might adapt gracefully to our minority status. > > On Jul 6, 1:31 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have to wonder why you characterized it as being 'over-run' as > > though they were vermin of some sort? > > > On Jul 5, 6:02 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Whites will become the minority in the future USA over-run by Blacks > > > and Latinos. > > > > On Jul 5, 1:11 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > We may have started as one but we are many now and whether we will > > > > ever be one again remains to be seen. Yet in another sense we are all > > > > one since we had a common beginning but I doubt that is of any > > > > inherent value. Since we are many what about I Ching? Shall we throw > > > > I Ching out the window? (A small theft from Firesign Theatre, mea > > > > culpa.) > > > > > On Jul 4, 3:08 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > We need a common point for the cooperation of unity to begin :-) > > > > > > peace & Love > > > > > > On Jul 4, 2:15 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > That's true Rigsy. But we're just learning those arts. And given a > > > > > > dearth of cooperation, I'll opt for some co-dependency in small > > > > > > doses. It's a reasonable substitute. > > > > > > > On Jul 3, 1:41 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > There's a big difference between co-dependency and co-operation.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
