NocturnalQuilter wrote:
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The idea being that each culture brongs it's best, and basically leaves the worst at the port.
That was essentially Hitlers' idea.
WRONG! HITLER'S idea was that everyone tow HIS(HITLER"S) line! HIS idea was that foreigners should LEAVE or be wiped out. People talk about him being antijew. He WASN'T! He was ANTISEMITIC!! !! There IS a difference. He wasn't against their creed, but THEM. Likewise, he was against others as well.
The US ideal was that people would ASSIMILATE! When my great grandmother came here, she spoke German at home. Heck, she lived in Wisconsin, so she probably liked the idea of the food created by all the germanic cultures that were there. A lot of US dishes ARE developed from german ones. Heck, one revolutionized food processing, and another made jeans! But you know what!?!?!? She got along! She spoke ENGLISH! Heck, I met her, and she just seemed like a nice woman. I didn't even know she could speak german until much later. I don't even know how involved my mothers family is with irish culture, but a wake WAS decidedly irish! STILL, they fit in. They, as my great grandmother, identified with being AMERICAN! NOT because they were ashamed or hiding, but because they were proud to be in America, and wanted to fit in. HEY, everyone ELSE did it ALSO.