US is diversifying, white population shrinking

[Chris P Bacon]

The United part, that's important although to an outsider I doubt that we look anything even remotely resembling unity. And the States, that's pretty important too even if, at the time the DOI was written and declared, we only had 13 of them. I wonder if our country had stayed smaller, would there still be such division and animosity between so many? No real way to know but an interesting thought, to me. And I don't think that I've ever felt that I suffered because I heard someone leave the America part off when they spoke of my country. I myself often refer to my home country merely as "The States". I've never considered that to be disrespectful. I've also not stood at attention before when I heard the SSB played as the TV staion was shutting down for the night! But I'm not advising that anyone else follow my example. If they do, why, we might have full on anarchy in no time!

 

[JimBob1952]

What college did the very first bridge builders or lawyers attend? And how much were they charged to study there? When and why did learning become so expensive? Who instructed the first instructors? My thought would be that they merely declared themselves "learned" and began persuading people to believe that this was true. Then they persuaded them further that knowledge should be paid for. I have no desire to become a lawyer or have any career at all at this stage of my game. But I do wish that life could be a little more hospitable to us all and at no cost to any of us other than our personal efforts and time.

You might be right. But the next time I need open heart surgery, I hope you'll forgive me if I pick someone who's got an MD and is board-certified. Silly me.

 

[Chris P Bacon]

You might be right. But the next time I need open heart surgery, I hope you'll forgive me if I pick someone who's got an MD and is board-certified. Silly me.

No worries, mate. You could choose an MD or a MXYZ, all the same to me. In the meantime though, maybe you might not need to pick anyone like that. You just might be living a charmed life and not even know it! I love you! 3 hearts are better than 1!

 

[Butterfly]

I guess the issue would be that, with undocumented people coming in at the rate of 200,000 per month, the Hispanic/Latin population (I'm not going to say "Latinx" as it's a totally bogus word) might reach some sort of critical mass in which that language and culture predominate. I'm sure that has already happened in some parts of the country. So assimilation would not be possible; it would be a matter of co-existence.

I'm in New Mexico, and the two cultures co-exist and in many cases sort of merge, and many things are bilingual, but there is no sign of Hispanic culture or language predominating. Things of each culture assimilate into the other and the rough edges kind of wear off. Sometimes the first generation only speaks Spanish and more closely follows the culture of their homeland, but that is almost never true of the second generation and beyond