Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or simply sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Donald Trump wants to stoke so much fear and hatred that people forget this.
Do not.
My mother's parents left their birthplace to make America their homeland, well over 100 years ago. Trump's father's parents did the same thing. His mother's parents did not do that. It was his mother that was an immigrant herself.
@rbreich I completely endorse the sentiment here, but I feel like someone should point out that more correct language would:
a) Recognise that they were mostly colonisers, not immigrants.
b) Recognise that many fled not from persecution but from societies that wouldn't let them persecute others the way they wanted to.
c) Acknowledge that the survivors of the people whom the land was stolen from actually still exist and aren't wild about rewriting the above as a heroic immigrant story.
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