one of the most demoralizing realizations of growing up is that my personal, core opinion that immigrants should be enthusiastically welcomed into the country already full of em has not only NEVER been popular, but is becoming even MORE unpopular as time goes on.
We just REALLY hate immigrants :(
not just twitter! a loudly anti-trump democrat who works at a market my mom and i go to casually mentioned that the u.s. vaccine numbers are so low "because of all the illegals coming in here," so it seems like they are still in the "kids in cages" war but on the side of the cages now
my mom spent most of my life researching our family's geneology; she got back into the 1500s. My family's from Germany. Ireland. Prussia. Scotland. All various times of arrival.
We're all borne from just piles and piles of immigrants trying their best. Stupid to pretend otherwise. Let everyone in.
I simply don't get it. We all have access to DNA testing - the idea you or your family are "pure" anything is utter trash. And like... Isn't it exhausting being mad at everyone all the time for being subhuman?
I suspect the impact of education on tolerance for difference stems from dispelling ignorance.
Similarly, ever notice hateful folks usually, sometimes quite obviously, hate themselves?
Pretty certain critical thinking, self-awareness, & healthy self-confidence are the keys out of petty tribalism.
