I bet you and your family hold on to a few traditions that were brought here from the “old country”. There is nothing wrong with doing so. Most groups who emigrate to the US end up assimilating by their 2nd or 3rd generations.
My family has held on to the tradition of La Matanza (hog killing) that was brought to New Mexico from Spain in the late 1500’s. It’s a part of who we are. It brings the family together and it will be a sad die if the tradition ever dies out.
Er, no, because this IS our ‘old country’ for a century or two. Scots-Irish-German heritage is the bulk of the distinct American culture. If I had to pick something, I suppose an affinity for spiritous liquors but that’s all. Just lucky I guess.
But the issue isn’t so much tradition as it is more of the Legion Of The Politically Correct and their highfalutin euphemisms. Vermont Goat Collaborative? Give me a break. And it’s got a community organizer! Based on our wonderful president’s experience we know they’re great at, um, organizing communities.
And then we have the Association of Africans Living in Vermont, now called AALV. Because apparently the original name, a clear statement of exposition, must now be couched in an anodyne acronym. ‘A cooperative entity representing the new American population ‘ - in other words, collectivism aka communism albeit small scale.
‘It’s also very cultural in terms of the way that people are wanting to participate in the whole process.’ Oh, brother. Even if you eat goat meat for breakfast, lunch and dinner can’t it be done without the touchy-feely UN rotgut?
This is Noble Savages under the rubric of agriculture and animal husbandry.