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[chrysoberyl]

We had a discussion in my office about how older immigrant families when they came to the United States encouraged their children to speak only English, and how modern immigrant families encourage their children to speak both their birth language and English

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[ebontigress]

I agree.

[thereject]

I disagree. the modern trend is not that we're more accepting of other cultures, it's that we hold other cultures as superior to our own, and trying to form or maintain an 'American' culture is seen as selling out or racist. We're catering to the egos of a select few that feel the need to inflict their heritage on us whether we like it or not.

[angledge]

I totally hope you're being sarcastic.

[chrysoberyl]

The 1950s cookie-cutter ideal was no more a true reflection of life in that era than the proper Victorian family was a reflection of Victorian England