Immigrants have a complex relationship with the United States, while I think it’s easy for people to laugh how “corny” some messages may be I also don’t think many understand the sheer pressure of assimilation in the USA that makes immigrants work so hard to prove themselves.
Some empathy would be good in understanding why many immigrants laud themselves as “proud Americans” and why they work so hard to prove that. It’s because at every turn they are told they have to and that nothing they do is good enough.
Patience is something I think more radical people tend to lack. The road to disconnect from American exceptionalism is immensely long. It used to bother me too, but it’s a deeply ingrained message that takes a lot of work to unearth.
I think, especially, coming from Americans who are born there, this need to dismiss and laugh at immigrants who feel proud to have voted, who feel lucky to be in the USA dismisses much of the suffering and hurdles immigrants have had to endure to get AND stay in the USA.
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