A lot of people in America are uncomfortable with the cultural changes that are coming. As a nation, we are becoming more ethnically diverse. In pretty short order no particular race will have a clear majority. English will continue to lose its exclusive lock as other languages gain first regional and then national prominence. This is already happening with Spanish, but other languages will follow. Protestant Christianity has already lost its dominant position, and the vaguely affiliated aggregate comprising the many denominations of Christianity is headed for the same fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the 25 to 50 years: America will not be (predominantly) white. We will not be (exclusively) English speaking. We will not be (majority) Christian. The America in which your kids raise their children will not look, sound, or worship in the same way that your parents knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And let me just say: Thank goodness for that. This afternoon I found the 1957 deed to the cemetery plots where my grandparents are interred \u2013 just North of Detroit. The very first condition listed in the single page document is that As an aside, if you\u2019re one of those who wonder why the racial divides in America are still so deep \u2013 consider that this is still in the memories of the grandparents alive today \u2013 and outright slavery was in their grandparents experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are other factors too \u2013 and these are more clear already: Our major industrial centers have had to adapt or die. Michigan is a shell of its former glory. The Iron and Steel industries that fueled the hereditary oligarchs of the gilded age have left a \u201crust belt\u201d of empty, ruined cities and poverty in the Northeast. The culture of family farms and rugged independent landowners in the midwest is giving way to a more European interdependence and a rather novel integrated agribusiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So a lot of people, very reasonably, are concerned about change. Unfortunately, they are being allowed to use the vague and disingenuous languages of politics to avoid talking directly about these concerns. We have the bugaboo of \u201cillegal immigration.\u201d We are told to worry about this welfare cheat or that scary drug dealer. People already filled with legitimate concerns about their employment and homes are being whipped into a xenophobic rage at the thought of \u201cforeigners\u201d swooping in and supplanting them. This is the same feeling that led to the \u201cwhites only\u201d cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m tired of the mealy mouthed vagueness of American politics. Let\u2019s put it on the table: These people want cultural purity laws. They want to ensure that America stays white, Christian, and English speaking. They\u2019re trying to chase out the \u201cother\u201d with vague language and old-school baseball bat intimidation. They cling to outdated statutes and The LAW \u2013 and it\u2019s not working. I wish they would propose these ideas clearly and up front \u2013 so we could debate them on the merits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the record, I think that anyone who demands stricter enforcement of a law that has never and can never be applied to them \u2013 because of some accident of their birth \u2013 that person is full of crap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To be clear: I do not think that cultural purity laws are a good idea. Not. At. All. Many countries have, throughout history, passed laws attempting to freeze their culture in time. Modern countries still do it today. It\u2019s perfectly legitimate \u2013 though ill advised \u2013 to insist on a national religion. I have yet to meet the Christian who would want their pastor or priest to be a civil servant of the state religion. Separation of church and state cuts both ways. We can insist on whatever we want \u2013 be it language, race, or whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So let\u2019s have it out: Should we attempt to stay majority white? Dominant English speaking? A supposedly Christian nation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A lot of people in America are uncomfortable with the cultural changes that are coming. As a nation, we are becoming more ethnically diverse. In pretty short order no particular race will have a clear majority. 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The very idea of a \u201cwhite people only,\u201d cemetery is on the face of it ridiculously against the equality and fair mindedness that most Americans consider to be at the core of our nation. Consider though, that this was only 53 years ago \u2013 easily living memory. Dignified and sober people looked each other in the eye and felt that it was important that those people<\/strong> not be allowed in the burying ground. I find it notable that even cremation wouldn\u2019t suffice to clean whatever stain was perceived to be there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n