Why would anyone have a problem with this? Don't Americans play Irish music at home, eat Italian food at home, and so on?
Assimilation is about the community--people are free to do whatever the hell they want culturally in the privacy of their homes.
when the #&^% did we become’ European-American ‘ ?
I am an American. First, last, always.
No hyphen involved
Exactly, precisely. I don;t see what the big deal is here.
Generally, in two or three generations, immigrants intermarry to such an extent that they no longer have any cultural identity aside from American - which is a good thing.
But its not unreasonable to understand that new immigrants and perhaps their children, feel there is a need to maintain some kind of cultural attractiion to where they came from.
As long as they learn our language and owe their primary allegiance here, what’s the big deal??
As a matter of fact, Mayans may speak Spanish and come from Mexico, but they aren’t Spanish. They’re Mayans.