| > while being labeled racist and bigot for wanting to maintain their own. Could you give a specific example here, as others have asked? I don't doubt that you feel this way. As an immigrant into the US I initially felt there is too much political correctness going on, which prevented some people from expressing their thoughts clearly, which is never good. But in terms of culture, I am surrounded by, and happily participate in the celebration of American culture. For instance, just to name a few things: - trick or treating in costume with my kids on Halloween
- pumpkin carving
- lots of bbq-ing in the summer
- incredible amount of decoration, shopping and eating during the holidays, Christmas trees
- meeting extended family in thanksgiving, eating turkey
- wearing green on St Patty's day (not sure if that counts) I also don't meet any Americans who are apologetic about any of these types of cultural expressions. I could argue that diversity and celebration of foreign culture is also a distinctively American trait, but that is a separate point. So my question again would be - can you give an example of a cultural expression or tradition which you would like to see continued, but is disappearing, perhaps due to media pressure from the left? |