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[–] MirrorMan 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It probably didn't seem like it at the time fleeing from the soviet union, but a strong national identity is preferable to the US alternative of all inclusiveness. I want to live somewhere there is a clear and defined majority ethnicity. You couldn't get away with wrongthink like, "Too many Italians are being hired in Italy." Because America is "white" it is too nebulous for its own good.

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[–] Swallow_That ago 

I assure you that that in my America no one is complaining that too many Americans are being hired for American jobs and If you don’t think Americans have a strong sense of national identity I can only assume your America has thus far been limited to the west or northeastern coastal states.

Can you please help me understand what you mean by “Because America is white it is too nebulous for its own good”? Honest inquiry here. Are you saying that because we’re white we are to vaguely defined to be cohesive?

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[–] MirrorMan 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I actually have spent my whole life in the Midwest. On the second point you are spot on. "White" is too broad and vague a term to carry weight. But it is ready made to be used as a detractor.