I have friends who brag their ancestors came to the New World on the Mayflower (1620). I cheerfully tell them, my ancestors came over on a boat, too. (1910)
The cartoon makes an excellent point. The trouble here in the US is that some think their skin color makes them the rightful "inheritors" of the country. And to be plain, I'm speaking of white supremacists.
My family were all Russian and my in laws were all Czech, but I think they were fortunate to get visas into Australia. Sometimes migrants were actively recruited but in some eras migrants were carefully assessed or actively rejected.
Me. All sorts if British ancestry. Three grandparents immigrated. The other's family had been here a little longer, from Ireland and Scotland for the most part, I think.
The world started shrinking hundreds of years ago when it comes to immigration. Why there is so much contention about it today I do not know. I do not like that USA has built a wall against Mexico, but will ship 10's of thousands of other peoples in. I will say the Mexicans work and work hard. Some of the other countries? I'll not get into their work ethics, if they actually have any.
I am an immigrant too, my parents and sister and me too of course, were welcomed to Australia into the post war immigration camps, where we stayed while the parents learnt a little English and when a job was found for Dad we were sent to wherever that was. Somewhere in Melbourne at first, then to South Australia.
Ha, yes. I am from a real Heinz57 variety of predecessors. I think 5 different countries just going back to my great grandparents.
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DeleteI have friends who brag their ancestors came to the New World on the Mayflower (1620). I cheerfully tell them, my ancestors came over on a boat, too. (1910)
ReplyDeleteWell said - and true!
DeleteThe cartoon makes an excellent point. The trouble here in the US is that some think their skin color makes them the rightful "inheritors" of the country. And to be plain, I'm speaking of white supremacists.
ReplyDeleteWe have some of those, too, with such a sense of entitlement.
DeleteOf course we are all immigrants. Even the "Native American" side of my ancestry emigrated here at some point in the past.
ReplyDeleteWe Brits are a real mongrel race. Even our language is a mish mash.
DeleteIt's always disappointing how many people seem to forget that at some stage in the past, recent or distant, they too were immigrants...
ReplyDeletePrecisely!
DeleteMy family were all Russian and my in laws were all Czech, but I think they were fortunate to get visas into Australia. Sometimes migrants were actively recruited but in some eras migrants were carefully assessed or actively rejected.
ReplyDeleteWasn't it something to do with the skills that were required, so medics and plumbers (and others), for example, were recruited?
DeleteMe. All sorts if British ancestry. Three grandparents immigrated. The other's family had been here a little longer, from Ireland and Scotland for the most part, I think.
ReplyDeleteMy uncle emigrated to Canada and a few decades later, so did my brother. As for us, German, French, Welsh and good old mixed-up English.
DeleteThe world started shrinking hundreds of years ago when it comes to immigration. Why there is so much contention about it today I do not know. I do not like that USA has built a wall against Mexico, but will ship 10's of thousands of other peoples in. I will say the Mexicans work and work hard. Some of the other countries? I'll not get into their work ethics, if they actually have any.
ReplyDeleteAll democracies need good immigrant workers. Our NHS would grind to a halt without them. Some people are so bigoted.
ReplyDeleteAMEN!
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DeleteYep, my ancestors are from all over.
ReplyDeleteIt's extraordinary to think otherwise.
DeleteI am currently an immigrant. I don't think I would get quite the same reaction if I was a different race or spoke a different language.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you're right!
DeleteI am an immigrant too, my parents and sister and me too of course, were welcomed to Australia into the post war immigration camps, where we stayed while the parents learnt a little English and when a job was found for Dad we were sent to wherever that was. Somewhere in Melbourne at first, then to South Australia.
ReplyDeleteIt must have been tough for your parents, not knowing where they would be sent. Better than the alternative, though, no doubt.
DeleteAgree. I have been an immigrant in several countries and accept that my whole ancestry is made up of people who moved between countries.
ReplyDeleteYou, and they, are the richer for it.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame a lot of people seem to forget ... xxx
ReplyDeleteToo easy to forget . . .
DeleteHi Janice - brilliant ... just such a clever cartoon ... I'm just being me!! Cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteI thought it was apt!
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