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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Already my area Silver Spring is becoming very Spanish and losing its American identity

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I don't know why, but this comment really bothered me and others have made statements already about it.  Similar things were said about the Wops, the Polacks, etc when they moved into neighborhoods.  Why don't they speak English? Why do their kids go to different schools? My mom experienced this as a first generation born whose family was from Slovakia.  Guess what, that changed in 2 generations.  There are no exclusively Slovak neighborhoods, no Italian neighborhoods.  Sure, you have families, like mine, that are proud of their heritage and try to keep it alive with our kids,  but are truly American.  You see the same thing with the immigrant families from Latin America.  Their kids that are here integrate with their classmates and are part of the American experience.  I'm not sure why so many are afraid of losing the "American Identity".

The United States has always been made of folks that came from somewhere else.  And I hope that continues.  Here's a School House Rock from the 70's -  "The Great American Melting Pot"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZQl6XBo64M

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But that is exactly the difference: Europeans do integrate into American society. some other nationalities are not so much. Look at Sweden for example. [/quote]

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