Arlo --
Can you give me examples of "social mores, and cultural heritage"
that are "American" and those that are "foreign" and would
"degenerate [our] sovereignty?
Heather MacDonald, who researches immigration statistics at the Manhattan
Institute, says this about the effect of Hispanic values on American
culture:
"The explosive growth of the U.S. Hispanic population over the next couple
of decades does not bode well for American social stability. Hispanic
immigrants bring near-Third World levels of fertility to America, coupled
with what were once thought to be First World levels of illegitimacy.
Nearly half of the children born to Hispanic mothers in the U.S. are born
out of wedlock, a proportion that has been increasing rapidly with no signs
of slowing down. Given what psychologists and sociologists now know about
the much higher likelihood of social pathology among those who grow up in
single-mother households, the Hispanic baby boom is certain to produce more
juvenile delinquents, more school failure, more welfare use, and more teen
pregnancy in the future."
Victor Davis Hanson, who grew up in rural California, reports that "...one
out of every ten Mexican nationals resides in the United States, the vast
majority illegally. Los Angeles is today the second-largest Mexican city in
the world. ...In the Los Angeles district, 73 percent Hispanic, 60 percent
of the students are not graduating. But the real tragedy is that, of those
Hispanics who do graduate, only about one in five will have completed a high
school curriculum that qualifies for college enrollment. ...Meanwhile,
almost one in three Mexican-American males between the ages of 18 and 24
recently reported being arrested, one in five has been jailed, and 15,000
illegal aliens are currently in the California penal system."
Unlike the immigrants of 100 years ago, whose skills matched those of the
native workforce, many of today's arrivals, particularly Central and South
American immigrants, are farmworkers in their home countries who come here
with little education or even rudimentary training in blue-collar
occupations. As Steven Malanga writes, "In 1965, a new immigration act
eliminated the old system of national quotas, which critics saw as racist
because it greatly favored European nations. ...But, in fact, the law had an
immediate, dramatic effect, increasing immigration by 60 percent in its
first ten years. Sojourners from poorer countries around the rest of the
world arrived in ever-greater numbers, so that whereas half of immigrants in
the 1950s had originated from Europe, 75 percent by the 1970s were from Asia
and Latin America. And as the influx of immigrants grew, the
special-preferences rule for family unification intensified it further, as
the pool of eligible family members around the world also increased."
As to the affects of other alien cultures, a new law in France bans the
wearing of headscarves and religious symbols in general. French citizens
know that this law, aimed at Muslim women, was instituted because
assimilation of Muslims into French society has failed. What is happening
in France is also happening in other European countries, as well as the U.S.
Massive immigration has caused alarming social and political problems, not
the least being a challenge to the liberal ideology that makes such
immigration possible.
[Ham]:
Rather, it's the idea that the values and traditions of our nation's
history
are indigenous to our culture...
[Arlo]:
Really? And you find this to be homogeneous? Would you say the traditions
"indigenous" to my culture (Arlo) are the same as those of an Sioux living
in
Montana? A Cajun living upriver in Louisiana? A black farmer in
Appalachia? If
so, can you give me a list of some "values and traditions" that you feel
are
common to all "Americans", and what you'd do about the ones that are not?
I don't know what "Arlo's culture" or ethnic heritage is. But I do know
that it is the ability to assimilate, not "homogeneity", which is the key to
a successful immigration policy. America's cultural heritage is a synthesis
of traditional Western European values with a smattering of Asian, African,
and Indian influences. In the largely agrarian economy of the1800s,
migrants (eligible by national quota) were predominantly European men in
their prime who had no expectation of social services offered by a welfare
state and no access to FDR's New Deal program. They came to our shores to
become proud Americans, and relied on their own resources or friends,
relatives, or private charities if things did not go well. If they were
fortunate enough to survive the Depression of the '30s, they added to the
foreign-born "melting pot" of America's workforce. The U.S. today has no
immigration policy and gives only token attention to the control of its
borders. As a result, legal immigrants to the U.S. soared from 2.5 million
in the 1950s to over 37 million in 2006, 75% of them from Asia and Latin
America who see life in this country as a way to easy riches and
cradle-to-grave security for their families.
As to your question concerning traditional America values and traditions, I
would place individual responsibility and self-reliance high on the list,
followed by respect for one's fellow man, the patriotism to fight for
freedom, preserve Judeo-Christian morality, speak English as the "official"
language, abide by the U.S. Constitution in governance, maintain the
traditional family structure, observe the laws of the nation, and support
the individual's right to acquire wealth commensurate with the effort or
contributions made.
[Ham]:
and deviating from them in deference to egalitarian, globalist or
multicultural
ideologies can only weaken and demean the principles this nation stands
for.
[Arlo]:
Actually, these are the values our nation stands for, and so this actually
strengthens our nation if you see it this way.
You are misinformed. Egalitarianism, globalism, and multiculturalism were
most certainly not America's founding principles, nor do I see these
ideologies as representative of what this nation stands for.
Regards,
Ham
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