On Independence Day, it's well to remember that, with the exception of Native Americans, we are all immigrants or descendants of immigrants who came here seeking a better life. This article by Heather Digby Parton looks at the continuous struggle by nativists / racists to resist immigration and define themselves as the only "Real Americans" and why they're doomed to fail. An excerpt:
"Americans should be immensely grateful for our immigrant culture. For all of our backwards ways with violence and racism our multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-cultural society is our greatest strength as we face a future that requires more global cooperation than in any time in human history. There will probably always be American 'nativists' claiming that the wrong people are coming into our country. But they always lose the argument, every single time."
