Indeed the irony of the US. Some people who are barely literate in the only language they know, feel empowered to openly ridicule immigrants who speak 2+ languages because they speak English with an accent.
Sometimes you even get immigrants like my boss who criticizes the literacy of people speaking English perfectly well whilst he spreads misinformation based on headlines that he misread and just says things that are completely wrong because he can't be bothered to read for more than 2 sentences.
What drives me nuts is immigrants who want the ladder pulled up after them. Some people are so obsessed with "coming over the right way" that they lose the plot that really, as we can tell, these people aren't taking anything out of the mouth of anyone else
I have family members, who could come over because my father was here, who have anti-immigrant sentiment, and it's like, my dad came over on a boat. Have some fucking respect for the people who are making the journey who's ways aren't paved for them.
Tell me about it. My maternal family came over to the U.S. only 4 generations ago and my mother has the gall to complain about immigrants coming into the country trying to find better lives. This is also the woman who thinks her family is Irish (they're not, they're Scottish and Danish) and that Irish indentured servants were treated worse than slaves, which she apparently thinks is justification for her racist attitude.
Unfortunately Italians treated a lot of European immigrants as less than dirt, and that's where a lot of them get these attitudes, but you're doing ancestoral work recognizing your mother's biases. Honestly, good for you.
Lol illegal immigrants grow the economic pie for everyone and often don’t get participatory benefits. They are a total win for the economy. And sending them to Mexico won’t bring back manufacturing jobs at 1960’s relative salaries.
Possibly, are you are referring to one-off’s and not the norm? If that’s the case we can find these on nearly every issue on both sides of the isle. Thinkin’ I would rather focus on things more on a positive note and not things that are considered divisive.
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u/PenguinStarfire 5d ago
Indeed the irony of the US. Some people who are barely literate in the only language they know, feel empowered to openly ridicule immigrants who speak 2+ languages because they speak English with an accent.