i want to call out this great point in this great post bc i was just having a conversation last week along these lines...
this IS our American culture. the diversity, the integration, the cultural differences co-mingling everywhere... THIS IS LITERALLY HOW AND WHY AND WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS BUILT ON!! the very foundation.
i'd read or seen some bullshit last week (probably on here lol) about 'our culture' disappearing, being overrun, etc., got a little tipsy at dinner and we started discussing it and i legit got emotional and angry, just like wtf are these assholes even talking about!... this is it, this is what we are supposed to be and it's beautiful and glorious and like no other country on earth.
and these people want to destroy it. it's quite literally the most anti-American position to exist.
also, im retired but I worked in IT and about 60% of my staff were Indian and i absolutely loved when they would bring me homemade dishes bc that shit was delicious π