Relabeling Americans

The American Thinker ^ | June 26, 2010 | Edward Bernard Glick

[Scanian]

For two centuries, the melting pot was America's defining symbol and crowning achievement. It allowed millions of integrating immigrants to formulate and maintain this nation's social contract. But new concepts of separateness, new feelings about diversity, and new definitions of ethnicity have all but destroyed the melting pot and the social contract. To be politically correct today, how should one categorize the following naturalized or native-born Americans, all of whom I know or have known?

A Kenyan-born white woman whose parents were born in South Africa and whose grandparents were born in the Netherlands. A black man who was born in Libya, whose parents were born in Egypt, and whose grandparents were born in Ethiopia. A woman who was born in French Algeria, whose parents were born in Tunisia, and whose grandparents were born in France. A fifth-generation Argentine-born couple who are Sephardic Jews. A Japanese-American who was a student of mine at Temple University Japan. He was born in Philadelphia, his parents were born in Hawaii, and his grandparents are natives of Japan. A woman who was born in Madrid, as were all the members of her family except her children. She considers herself to be of European stock, with no interest in Spanish-speaking America.

[hershey]

Well said.

[Wife of D28Man]

ping

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Celebrate unity not diversity!

[raybbr]

To be politically correct today, how should one categorize the following naturalized or native-born Americans, all of whom I know or have known?

A Kenyan-born white woman whose parents were born in South Africa and whose grandparents were born in the Netherlands. A black man who was born in Libya, whose parents were born in Egypt, and whose grandparents were born in Ethiopia. A woman who was born in French Algeria, whose parents were born in Tunisia, and whose grandparents were born in France. A fifth-generation Argentine-born couple who are Sephardic Jews. A Japanese-American who was a student of mine at Temple University Japan. He was born in Philadelphia, his parents were born in Hawaii, and his grandparents are natives of Japan. A woman who was born in Madrid, as were all the members of her family except her children. She considers herself to be of European stock, with no interest in Spanish-speaking America.

That's easy: "The protected class" because they are not of European descent.

[Venturer]

We have a Kenyan bred hybrid in the White House who cannot be labeled.

[raybbr]

We have a Kenyan bred hybrid in the White House who cannot be labeled.

Personally I thinks he's Marxist bred and the Kenyan/Malaysian/Hawaiian part is irrelevant.

[biggredd1]

Marxist/Usurper bred will do.

[JerseyHighlander]

A cousin of mine has a son who has grandparents from 6 different countries. The kid is only 1/8th minority though according to “protected status” “minority” descriptors.

[CPOSharky]

If they don't enthusiastically call themselves unhyphenated American, they should leave here and go to where the can call themselves unhyphenated whatever.

[HiJinx]

Ping!

[driftless2]

We have these qualifying adjectives for many Americans because Democrats need victims to get elected. By Democrat definition, if you're a "minority", then you're a victim. Being a "victim" allows one to extract wealth from other Americans who aren't victims and keep the Dems in power. Without "victims", Dems would have a tough time getting elected anywhere.

In the not too distandt future, if the Dems have their way, everybody except for white males over a certain income level will be victims. Eventually, if not now, they'll run out of other peoples money. But until then, the Dems will keep playing the victim game.

[Oatka]

Victor Davis Hansen wrote “Hyphenated-Americans have hyphenated-loyalties”.

Spot on.