Re: Ruben Navarrette’s Feb. 19 column, "Some honesty on immigration":
Mr. Navarrette, thank you for being honest and clear about your "Mexican-American" family being in the United States for five generations. That's so wonderful, but I don't understand why you and your family still consider yourselves as being "Mexican-American" after being in the United States for five generations.
I would think that you and your family would have assimilated and, by now, would just consider yourselves "Americans.”
My wife is full-blooded Italian, but she does not consider herself "Italian-American.” She's an American! My ancestors were English and Irish, but I'm not "English-Irish" American. I am an
American!
So, Mr. Navarrette, I think it's time that you sit down with your family and try to convince all your
relatives, including yourself, to assimilate and refer to yourself and your family as being
"good old" Americans.
- William H Tucker,
Thousand Oaks
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Comments » 8
wowza writes:
Hear, hear!
Chilibreath writes:
Way to go William!
5thgenvcresident writes:
My ancestors immigrated here from Ireland five generations ago and I pride myself in being Irish-American. What's so wrong with that? Technically, the only true race native to this continent are the Native Americans and all incoming European settlers displaced them and drove them to the brink of extinction, in some cases even succeeding. Being proud of my Irish heritage does not mean I don't consider myself American, nor does it mean my actions or beliefs are anti-American. I view being proud of my heritage much in the same light as having a favorite sports team.
Freedom1 writes:
Nothing is wrong with being proud of your heritage unless it is intended to exclude or isolate you from the majority of citizens in the country you live in. I'm guessing that your Irish ancestors didn't demand that you be taught in Gaelic. Being proud of your heritage doesn't mean exluding the heritage you and future generations are achievng as "Americans." The "hyphen" in our heritage used to be something we were all proud of. Unfortunately "Mexican-Americans" perpetuate the "hyphen" and are only interested in the "American" part as long as it benefits them.
Chilibreath writes:
Huzzah!
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Barry_Hussein writes:
Navarette is nothing more than a racist and apologist for the illegal alien invasion of the US. Why does the Star continue to employ this traitor? If you must publish his diatribes, don't pay him for this nonsense.
eng42 writes:
I'll tell you why it is different for you as opposed to Ruben. If you were a suspect in a crime, the description would not say look for an "English-Irish" man. In Reuben's case the description would include, "Mexican" or "Latino".
Society still recognizes him and judges him by how he looks, no matter how many generations he has been here. Same deal as with "African Americans".
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