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To: The
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Dear
Sir/Madam,
After reading
her
contribution
to today's
op-eds ("Australia's
dangerous
fantasy"),
it seems to me
that Eva Sallis is the
one with a
"dangerous
fantasy",
i.e. that
people of
different race
and culture
can be united
within one
national
identity. It
is an American
myth, designed
to unify a
nation of
immigrants
(which works
tolerably well
with
people of
European
origin,
because they
have so much
in common,
but not with
people of very
different race
or culture). It
is also a
left-wing myth
- elevated to
a moral
principle and
high
ground from
where
they, the
"goodies",
can justify and
defend their
own niches
with
the feared
arrows of
"anti-racism".
There will
never
be a
black or
Muslim
president so
long as most
Americans are
white and
Christian.
Minorities
have no choice
but to go
along with it, if
only to qualify for
the benefits
of American
citizenship.
One shudders
to think of
the
future conflicts
which will
occur when
demographic
shifts make
it a real
possibility.
People
naturally tend
to identify
with their own
ancestors,
history and
culture. We
all do, except
those with
none to be
proud of,
perhaps, or
who are
more concerned
for their
leftwing/liberal
identity
(niche), or
are preoccupied
making and
spending
money, or
watching TV.
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