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Originally Posted by Pairadocs
Once all American Mexicans, Italians, Irish, Germans, Africans, LGBT etc., our entire mix of "roots" has their own personal national anthem played at every Olympic medal ceremony you know what ? We are NOT going to get to see many events, it's all going to be "anthems" !
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More importantly, that ^^^ would accentuate division rather than unity.
We all know America is a land of many cultures since all the original settlers were immigrants from various foreign places. That has been an important part of the rich fabric of the United States. People celebrated their unique cultures in their own families and enclaves and maybe had their own parade or festival once a year in certain cities.
But, the immigrants understood that they were in America now and didn't try insist their culture/ethnicity be recognized at national events. That was to be a time of unity, of celebrating our shared
America. It should stay that way because it worked.
Those who don't grasp
the intended disunity playing-out in many facets of our country for awhile now haven't been paying attention.