Why do some Americans dislike immigrants so much? They are the descendants of immigrants. Do they dislike their ancestors? Are they ashamed of their heritage?
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I have no idea! I guess since they have theirs no one else is allowed in.
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Since these are three questions.I will attempt to answer them.I dont think it is so much Americans dont like immigrants.I dont think they are wild about illegal immigrants.Cant speak for all.I dont dislike My ancestors.The answer to the las question,again speaking for Myself.No I am not ashamed of My heritage. Is My opinion.Doesnt make it right or wrong.Just Mine.
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For what it's worth, there were pretty serious efforts to keep Italian and Slavic immigrants (not to mention Chinese and Japanese immigration) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and Irish and German immigrants before that. (And the English and Dutch before that...)
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Legal immigrants - I think deep down it isn't that we don't like immigrants, I think we are envious of their trek to a new country and the attempts at surviving and making it. Not to mention, people get uncomfortable when a group of immigrants are standing around and speaking in their native (usually foreign to us) language. I don't dislike my ancestors. I wouldn't be here. I'm not ashamed of my heritage. Illegal immigrants - whole other story.
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I'm ok with immigrants so long as they enter the country legally, like my Polish ancestors did a few generations ago. I don't dislike my heritage, but I never have related to it, if that answers the question at all. Technically, I am not "Polish" and I have never been in a sense that I wasn't raised with Polish ideals, traditions, or language.
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