I respect Biden’s stance on Bosnia in the 90s, truly. But here is also where I disagree with many of my fellow Bosnians. I can’t be a single issue citizen. Even if he manages to save Bosnia from ruin, I still shudder at his other domestic and foreign policies.
https://twitter.com/United_Bosnia/status/1325187128653828103
The ongoing disagreement with me and my Bosnian friends isn’t that Biden wasn’t a good advocate for Bosnia. It’s that it’s not the 90s anymore, America is in turmoil, Bosnian-Americans exist and will be impacted by a lack of progressive policies too. Dayton will still exist.
And yes, I am hopeful that I will be wrong. But Biden is a fairly conservative Democrat and while I hope the left does push him on both domestic and foreign policies, his stance on many things of importance to Americans and beyond is worrying.
I think, one thing to remember, for Bosnians is that many Bosnian-Americans are living pay-check to pay-check. There are huge rates of disability and illness in the Bosnian community. The vast majority of our elders are working class. We need to also advocate for them too.
This a good time for the Bosnian-Americans to push for better policies for Bosnia, but also to push for better policies that will benefit Bosnian-Americans. A huge chuck on our community in the US faces the same issues that most of the working and middle class does.
And I am not trying to burst anyone’s bubble. I think this may be the first time in history that Bosnians feel hopeful about an American President because of his prior stance on Bosnia. I understand it completely but I also hope this makes you push him to be better as well.
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