We know that the United States of America is the land of immigrants. So here is an interesting infographic figures from CNN. 😀🙂🇺🇸
According to US census 2020, America is becoming more diverse than ever before and “less white”. Given we know the American people have roots that originated from different parts of the world, I am aware that white Americans are the majority of the population demographic in the US. Well that is going to change. Something that the racists, bigots, xenophobes and white supremacists (like the likes of KKK, proud boys & extreme fascistic right wingers) wouldn’t like it. Plus they should know that the land used to belong to Native Americans before white Europeans (mainly British & even French & Spanish) came to occupied & colonised the country in North America & destroyed homes that belonged to the Native Americans. Especially we know blacks were brought as slaves to America from Africa & that they never had freedom from slavery and racism until in 19th Century when slavery ended in America when Abraham Lincoln was the US President at the height of American civil war & segregation (Jim crow laws) for black Americans (African Americans) ended in the 1960s. Even Martin Luther King Jr made a famous speech in 1963 (I have a dream) that blacks should be treated equally and not to be judged on the colour of skin.
I know the Americans are polite and nice people as I visited there two times in my life. When I visited Florida, I saw diversity in America with many Americans regardless of race, creed & language. Florida have many people from various countries including Spanish speaking countries: Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Dominican Republic, etc and that the Spanish language is spoken commonly in the US state of Florida. That is where places like Orlando (I visited there two times with my family) & Miami where you can find many diverse and migrant communities.
America is a melting polt for multiculturalism and that I have no doubt that will continue. No wonder in the recent years, Donald Trump undermined America’s position in the world when he enacted anti immigration policies (muslim ban, the border wall at US - Mexico border, breaking up families & detaining children at the border. The list goes on) for 4 years in power. Now America have a different president (Democrat. Joe Biden) who is friendly and understanding when it comes to immigration. Although I was shocked to read about the recent news where migrants from Haiti was being whipped by US Border Patrol officers in Texas due to recent events in Haiti. From political assassination to earthquake. reuters.com google.co.uk Joe Biden shouldn’t had keep Trump era immigration policy that disadvantages the migrants (legal and illegals) by deporting them without court hearing & all was an excuse due to Covid 19.
Look, immigration will always be sensitive topic so US of A should continue to welcome newcomers into the country where they can live, study and work for years so that he/she can become US citizen because the person from different part of the world whether is Europe, Latin America, Caribbean, Asia, Middle East, Pacific, Africa or Oceania is future American citizen. That is where the American dream is achieved.
I hope I will come back to visit America to visit other places so that I can achieve my own American dream (& I don’t mean the American dream as in becoming the citizen of the United States) by visiting 50 states (which to me is a bucket list). I previously talked about USA on 4th of July (American Independence Day) in July few months ago. mrlimitless95.blogspot.com 🙂😀
So here is an public information film from 1950s. “Who are the people of America?”
It is an interesting 1950s US public information film about the fact that USA is the land of immigrants. “Who Are the People of America” Coronet Instructional Films released in 1953. I highly recommend everybody to watch it.
In the words of Martin Luther King Jr. “Let’s build bridges, not walls”.
So yeah, America will always be the land of immigrants. 🇺🇸
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