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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
2h ago“When does keeping your culture alive become something worth protecting, and when does sharing a new one become a gift?”
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What can a country ask of its immigrants?: Civic minimalists
The floor is enough The United States Constitution does not contain the word "assimilate." The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection. The First Amendment prohibits establishing religion. The Citizenship Clause says: born or naturalized. That is the test.... What can a country ask of its immigrants?: Multiculturalists
The movie plays on repeat The Irish would never assimilate — too Catholic, too clannish. Signs went up: No Irish Need Apply. Within two generations, an Irish Catholic sat in the Oval Office. The Italians — too southern, their food smelled wrong.... What can a country ask of its immigrants?: The Story
The oath A person stands in a government building, often wearing their best clothes, and swears allegiance to a set of abstractions — a constitution they may not have read, a flag they did not grow up saluting. The officials smile. There is sometimes a small cake....