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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, that's racism applied to yourself. And worse, if you apply it to others, you would bar any current immigration as well.

As a French multiethnic national living in the US on a visa and hoping to get a green card and citizenship, I utterly reject your premise. Countries NEED immigration. Just not too much too fast, as it creates cultural integration tensions and shortages in public services. But immigration and mixing of cultures is a GOOD thing.

As I mentioned, I am multi-ethnic. What does your reasoning lead to concerning mixed-race people? Do you think they don't belong ANYWHERE?

So. Maybe think a little before you post.
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I think you are misreading my post. I’m not saying anyone should feel this way, only that I do.

I feel no connection to this country. I’m fourth generation on both sides, but have no sense of roots here. I know people who trace their family in the US to native tribes that predate colonization, to Spanish families who settled in the western US back when it still belonged to Spain, or when it was Mexico. I know people whose story of belonging in the US is traced to ancestors who were enslaved in the US, which I think makes them deserving of belonging in a way I am not.

I’m not anti-immigration. People should immigrate if the want or need to, I understand the value of immigration.

But I did not choose to immigrate to the US and don’t feel like I have a place here. I wonder if living [b]somewhere that I have deeper roots[/b] might offer more belonging on some level, even if it meant learning a new (to me) language and culture.[/quote]

Where did your parents live?  Your grandparents and great-grandparents?  Those are roots.  You're fourth generation - you really think you need deeper roots than that?

Sure, some people can trace their ancestry back hundreds or thousands of years (I have one relative who likes genealogy and has found some ancestors who came over in the 1600s which is neat but I have no feeling of connection to them).  But realistically, most Americans cannot - that is one thing that links us.  [/quote]

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