He certainly isn’t Native American - they got genocided and ethnically cleansed (let’s add those to the previous list too).
The majority of USians aren’t Native American but USians they’ll bitch about immigration when they’re primarily a country of immigrants. The hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance is astonishing. It might be a symptomatic of the poor historical accuracy and relevancy taught in schools - they don’t even realise who they are or where they come from.
Someone who can trace their history back to another country can be classed as a product of immigration. That is what immigrants are.
You can say “but he was born here” but that means nothing if you’re rascist like the GOP and hasn’t stopped ICE deporting people who were born in the US and are citizens - they just happened to be non-white. Trump grandfather came over in the 1880s. He is of immigrant stock - he probably has less of a claim to being American than many other people on the continent . You might not want to believe it, or claim 14th amendment (which is fair, from a US legal perspective) but technically, every single white person is a product of immigration. Black, Latino or Asian too - it’s not just white folks.
Trump is just closer to being an immigrant than many others - you could call him a 3rd gen immigrant. That is how he would be classed if he wasn’t white.
I hope I’m getting across the point that most people in the world are of immigrant stock at some point or another and so it’s really a non-argument that has deep-rooted rascist undertones whilst not taking into consideration history.
Someone who can trace their history back to another country can be classed as a product of immigration. That is what immigrants are.
A “product of immigration?” Sure. An immigrant? No. That’s simply incorrect. An immigrant is someone who migrates to another country. Someone who was born and lived in the same country their entire lives is in no way, shape, or form, an immigrant.
Spoken like someone who doesn’t experience bigotry on a daily basis. Your lack of understanding shows you’re not a target. Doesn’t matter what it actually means. The lived experience is different to the lawful one.
Remember the subject of this post - most of the US population is of immigrant stock.
Spoken like someone who doesn’t experience bigotry on a daily basis.
They said after unironically refusing to use our preferred demonym. We’re Americans, not USians. Do you call Spaniards Kingdomians? It’s the “Kingdom of Spain” after all.
Canadians are Americans too, as are Colombians. And Brazilians. And Mexicans. You are (United States of) Americans. That is too long, so USians - think about others on your continent and don’t prove yourself an ignoramus.
Not doing a good job of dispelling the “selfish and superiority complex” things I mentioned in my first post. There’s a reason “US Defaultism” is a meme and you’re proving it right there.
Nobody’s ever actually been confused by that because there’s almost never a reason to refer to all denizens of North and South America. You just want a socially accepted way to be hateful.
Trump is an immigrant?
He certainly isn’t Native American - they got genocided and ethnically cleansed (let’s add those to the previous list too).
The majority of USians aren’t Native American but USians they’ll bitch about immigration when they’re primarily a country of immigrants. The hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance is astonishing. It might be a symptomatic of the poor historical accuracy and relevancy taught in schools - they don’t even realise who they are or where they come from.
I bet half of them will claim they’re Irish too.
That’s not what an immigrant is…
Someone who can trace their history back to another country can be classed as a product of immigration. That is what immigrants are.
You can say “but he was born here” but that means nothing if you’re rascist like the GOP and hasn’t stopped ICE deporting people who were born in the US and are citizens - they just happened to be non-white. Trump grandfather came over in the 1880s. He is of immigrant stock - he probably has less of a claim to being American than many other people on the continent . You might not want to believe it, or claim 14th amendment (which is fair, from a US legal perspective) but technically, every single white person is a product of immigration. Black, Latino or Asian too - it’s not just white folks.
Trump is just closer to being an immigrant than many others - you could call him a 3rd gen immigrant. That is how he would be classed if he wasn’t white.
I hope I’m getting across the point that most people in the world are of immigrant stock at some point or another and so it’s really a non-argument that has deep-rooted rascist undertones whilst not taking into consideration history.
A “product of immigration?” Sure. An immigrant? No. That’s simply incorrect. An immigrant is someone who migrates to another country. Someone who was born and lived in the same country their entire lives is in no way, shape, or form, an immigrant.
Spoken like someone who doesn’t experience bigotry on a daily basis. Your lack of understanding shows you’re not a target. Doesn’t matter what it actually means. The lived experience is different to the lawful one.
Remember the subject of this post - most of the US population is of immigrant stock.
Whether I experienced bigotry or not has zero bearing on the material facts of the matter…
If you’re choosing to be ignorant to the realities of life, I can’t help you. Might be worth checking your privilege.
If you’re choosing to remain ignorant to the definition of the word “immigrant”, I can’t help you. Might be worth checking a dictionary.
They said after unironically refusing to use our preferred demonym. We’re Americans, not USians. Do you call Spaniards Kingdomians? It’s the “Kingdom of Spain” after all.
Canadians are Americans too, as are Colombians. And Brazilians. And Mexicans. You are (United States of) Americans. That is too long, so USians - think about others on your continent and don’t prove yourself an ignoramus.
Not doing a good job of dispelling the “selfish and superiority complex” things I mentioned in my first post. There’s a reason “US Defaultism” is a meme and you’re proving it right there.
Nobody’s ever actually been confused by that because there’s almost never a reason to refer to all denizens of North and South America. You just want a socially accepted way to be hateful.