...immigrants who have or demonstrate little or no devotion to, or aspiration to support, America, first and only--or Americans who find such ambivalence from immigrants about becoming patriotic Americans rather than (country of origin) first, American second, to be de facto cause for regarding them negatively, suspiciously? Hmmm? Think about it.
MICKEY KAUS: “Only 33% of *U.S. born* (second-generation) Latino immigrant kids identify themselves first by the term ‘American.’ Most prefer either their country of origin (41%) or the term ‘Latino’ or ‘Hispanic.’ This is supposed to prove Lou Dobbs wrong?”
In previous waves of immigration, we got assimilation because teachers, politicians, media, etc. believed in it, and thought America as it was an indisputably good thing, and thus acted accordingly. This time, they feel differently, and act differently, and so we get different results.
Posted by Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/kausfiles/archive/2009/12/14/health-care-fait-accompli-watch.aspx
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