Saturday, July 11, 2009

A Transylvanian In Texas - Two Immigrants Testify On Behalf of the Importance of Teaching Our American Heritage

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

These folks understand and fully appreciate what it means to become an American citizen. I would have liked to have heard the remainder of the hearing. Too bad the yt user didn't load any more video.

Damien said...

Anonymous,

Maybe if you look hard enough, you can find the rest. I do have to admit that I was disappointed as well.

Unknown said...

These are fantastic sentiments. This should be played to white nationalists. America is not defined by race, but by concepts and sentiments. Racist agendas provide no hope specifically because they would not recognize what a great American Mr. Kim is.

If I knew who these folks were I'd send them a book so they might realize they are culturists.

BTW, of course, the ideas they expressed are completely contrary to what they would learn in nearly any American university social studies course.

Damien said...

Culturist John,

Actually I think I might have been lucky. I took a few social studies courses in middle school and high school, and from what I can remember on at least a few occasions they portrayed America in a positive light.

Pastorius said...

CJ,
You're right, and in fact that was the South Korean guy's point. He felt that he was not taught the great American Tradition in college. He believes it needs to be taught, so that we the people understand the blessings we have.

Pastorius said...

By the way, recently I was talking with one of my Filipino relatives and I learned that they emphasize American history in high school and college in the Philippines.

That explains why Filipinos are such great Americans.

Damien said...

Pastorius,

I had no idea that they emphasize American history in the Philippines!

Pastorius said...

I didn't know that either.

But, I can tell you, my Filipino family is much more patriotic than my German/English-American family.