Comments on: Mapping the Demographics of Change

By: Stephen Clay McGehee

Stephen Clay McGehee — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:17:06 +0000

“Diversity”, as the cultural Marxists use the term, is strictly a one-way street. What they will not admit to, but is in inseparable from the “Strength through Diversity” slogan, is that they are saying that other races must be “diverse” (i.e., must have the assistance of Whites) in order to have “strength”. Those of other races should be very insulted at that – instead, they claim to be insulted by just the sight of the Confederate flag. I just don’t understand the logic in that. They should be up in arms at the whole “diversity” scam that the liberal left has attached to them. Do they not understand what the “diversity” scam says about them? what it is saying to their children? how it tears down any sense of independence? Apparently the lure of mandated special privileges and status outweighs the pride associated with independence and self-reliance.

Here is a quote from a “Letter to the editor” that encapsulates it quite well:
Leftist liberals love to repeat the slogan, “Diversity is our strength.” Does that mean to them that companies, schools, and governments that are 100 percent white are weak? That sure sounds anti-white to me.

By: John Yelvington

John Yelvington — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:13:48 +0000

I have always been puzzled by the term that is so often used “strength through diversity”. Isn’t it just the same as those who were trying to build the tower of babel while speaking with different tongues? The egalatarian post on here seems to come into play.

By: James

James — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:52:15 +0000

Dear Sirs,
There are two presently unanswerable questions. To begin with, a substantial minority of recent immigrants from Latin America, though not the majority, are good Protestant Christians. Further, most seem to realize, that at least a working knowledge of the English language, is essential for advancement, and that convictions for criminality, can only hurt their opportunities (undocumentation, being a civil, rather than a criminal offence). Therefore, the first question is, will these immigrants and their descendants, be absorbed into the established cultural mainstream, keeping in mind, fortunately, the general ineffectiveness of multiculturalism? Secondly, can our fears be unfounded, remembering that the Germans, and later, the Irish, and still later, the Italian, Polish, Jewish and other Central and Eastern Europeans, were quite unwelcome here, “Wop” standing for “without papers”, for example?

Finally, perhaps we should also remember, that the Latin Americans here, are mostly descended from Native Americans, and Spanish, a Western European people, and that many Native Americans, as well as a few(?) Hispanics, distinguished themselves in the War for Southern Independence (and, in later wars of these United States).

Thank you.
A New Jersey Copperhead

By: James

James — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:27:06 +0000

Dear Mr. McGehee,
The mother of yours truly, taught English, the English spoken and written in England, before immigrating to these United States. Yours truly, was born in the British Crown Colony of Victoria, by the way, and learned and spoke Dutch, English and Cantonese there. To this day, yours truly, prefers the Oxford English Dictionary, because it is English English, and generally, pre-“Reconstruction” Southern English.

You can claim a proud maternal heritage as well, for Latvia successfully resisted Russian and Soviet domination, for decades, in spite of the deliberate neglect of her struggle, by the egalitarian-dominated academia and media, and the realpolitik of the then “Free World”.

Thank you.
A New Jersey Copperhead

By: Stephen Clay McGehee

Stephen Clay McGehee — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:57:16 +0000

The “Dutch, and later English” brings to mind the experience of my mother. Both of her parents came here from Latvia. Latvia is a small country with Russia to the east, Estonia and Finland to the north, Norway and Sweden to the west, and Lithuania to the south. When she first started school here, she did not speak English because she simply was not exposed to it even though she was born here. She spoke only Latvian (also known as Lettish) because that is what her parents spoke at home. The other children in school made fun of her and she came home crying. My grandparents made a rule on that day that only English would be spoken in their home from that moment on.

Contrast that to the demands by some that signs and government services be bi-lingual. Granted, English is not an easy language to master. It is, however, a near-universal language, so there is no excuse for not being exposed to it enough to quickly learn to be functionally literate in the language.

My grandmother had a strong accent all of her life, but she spoke only English in their home from the day my mother came home from school until the day she died. She was, along with your parents, among the last wave of immigrants who came to this country wanting to become Americans and adopt the native culture rather than insisting that the culture change to meet their demands.

By: James

James — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:23:19 +0000

Dear Sirs,

The parents of yours truly, immigrants from the Netherlands East Indies, were invited by the government of these United States, because of the critical shortage of educators in the 1960’s. Dutch, and later English, were the languages of our household. Culturally, we were Western Europeans. Never, have we asked for, nor received, any governmental charity or ethnically-based preferential treatment. Further, both my brother, my only sibling, as well as yours truly, were in the Service.

We have come to realize, in spite of the pervasive forced egalitarianism around us, that our traditional Western European culture, with all of its faults, is the most progressive and humane, by far. The Confederate Colonel Project reinforces and advances our common culture.

Thank you.
A New Jersey Copperhead