Thread by @mariliacout

1/ the #4thJuly , "independence" and the nation-state (collecting input from descendants of non-European invaders):

The 4th of July and the African-American population (the "involuntary immigrants")

teachingamericanhistory.org/library/docume…

2/ The #4thJuly and Indigenous populations (you know, the ones that actually owned the whole land known as the "New World").
nativenewsonline.net/currents/the-d…

3/ A #4thJuly meme:

4/ "On this Fourth of July, a holiday meant to celebrate the independence of a nation founded on genocide and slavery that is currently denying its own promise to welcome newcomers to its shores and grant equal rights to its citizens..."

papermag.com/july-4th-fourt…

5/ A controversial perspective worth reading, by @dylanmatt (excellent journalist)

vox.com/2015/7/2/88848…

6/ The #4thJuly and immigrants:

salon.com/2019/07/04/hap…

7/ The #4thJuly and immigrants: "Historian Ellen M. Litwicki explains that this was especially true in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Chicago, where Independence Day celebrations were mainly organized by immigrant groups."

daily.jstor.org/celebrating-im…

8/ The white, non-Hispanic or Latino population in the USA is 61.3%. Of those, many descend from later immigrants from the XIXth and XXth century. Those who descend from the settlers (or invaders, a more technical term) are actually a minority. Let this sink in.

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