Almost 17% of this year’s US Olympic athletes have immigrant ties - either born abroad, the children of immigrant parents, or second generation immigrants

My America is IMMIGRANT PROUD

#ImmigrantsGetTheJobDone

#MeltingPot #TeamUSA #ThisisAmerica

This is a very good reason to absolutely despise the anti-immigration ("legal"/"illegal") discourse. It's crap and it doesn't conform with the way cultures have actually evolve over the years.

"I don’t think rubbing into the faces of old white folks like Kelly and those older than her (basically: Donald Trump’s base) that the future of America will look totally different than what they grew up in is a very savvy move. That’s just kicking someone while they’re down.

The alternative I would suggest is just to draw skeptics into accepting diversity by pointing out that it has a lot of benefits. I mean, go and watch Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show. I don’t speak Spanish, and yet I have to admit that it was a banger.

I play guitar myself, and that means that I owe my own small musical talents to a diverse etymology. I’m playing a Spanish-Moorish instrument and picking up songs from a wide range of cultures.

The tunes I’ve learned come from cultures far removed from my own, and yet I don’t feel like I appreciate them any less. They include:

- Aberdeen, a folk song written by Avi Kaplan, a Jewish American of Ukrainian and Russian family background.

- Last of My Kind, a country song written and performed in part by Shaboozey, an artist whose parents are from Nigeria. (Here’s a joke I made on TikTok after learning it.)

- A whole lot of stuff by First Aid Kit, an indie band that hails from Sweden.

Something you have to remember about human languages is that they’re just an attempt at getting across what we believe and what we feel. Music is another way to do so. And it transcends barriers like parochial languages, national borders, and political beliefs.

Music is the ultimate American melting pot, and this is a country more than big enough for both Bad Bunny and Kid Rock."

https://www.theamericansaga.com/p/music-is-the-ultimate-american-melting

#Music #IdentityPolitics #Culture #MeltingPot #CulturalDiversity

Not deciding is also an action.

Stop not deciding.

Vote, in 2026.

Make America fucking normal, again.

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