I am staying in Mexico for a few months in a small town with not many tourists. Literally every single Mexican I’ve met has some sort of first or second hand connection with the US. I constantly get people from this town who live in the US and are back visiting family who stop and talk to me wondering why I’m here then telling me they are living in US blah blah.
I love Mexican culture and people, but it needs to stay in mexico. I never judge the individual unless they deserve it, but it pisses me off how infiltrated our culture has become with no end in sight. Whatever number we’ve been told in regards to how many Latinos are in the US, I guarantee it’s a lie and is much much higher.
I love Mexican culture and people, but it needs to stay in mexico.
I'm going to disagree. It just has it's place.
When my mother's ancestors moved here from Italy, her grandfather laid out the rule: in public, you are American. In the home, you can be Italian. So, outside the home English was spoken, and they made attempts to fit in. At dinner is where the conversations were carried out in the old language, and old customs were followed. Festivals and stuff were OK as well.
As I heard it, the story in America started with the eldest saying "You are Americans now."
My point was meant to be what you said. I also have family who moved here from Italy and Germany, and they all fully embraced American culture. Those are the immigrants we deserve, but we are instead today mostly getting immigrants who want to turn our culture into that of their home country and they should all pack a bag and return to the culture they are longing for.
I am staying in Mexico for a few months in a small town with not many tourists. Literally every single Mexican I’ve met has some sort of first or second hand connection with the US. I constantly get people from this town who live in the US and are back visiting family who stop and talk to me wondering why I’m here then telling me they are living in US blah blah.
I love Mexican culture and people, but it needs to stay in mexico. I never judge the individual unless they deserve it, but it pisses me off how infiltrated our culture has become with no end in sight. Whatever number we’ve been told in regards to how many Latinos are in the US, I guarantee it’s a lie and is much much higher.
I'm going to disagree. It just has it's place.
When my mother's ancestors moved here from Italy, her grandfather laid out the rule: in public, you are American. In the home, you can be Italian. So, outside the home English was spoken, and they made attempts to fit in. At dinner is where the conversations were carried out in the old language, and old customs were followed. Festivals and stuff were OK as well.
As I heard it, the story in America started with the eldest saying "You are Americans now."
My point was meant to be what you said. I also have family who moved here from Italy and Germany, and they all fully embraced American culture. Those are the immigrants we deserve, but we are instead today mostly getting immigrants who want to turn our culture into that of their home country and they should all pack a bag and return to the culture they are longing for.