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Immigration & the Nation-Spirit

Immigration & the Nation-Spirit

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Jul 05, 2020
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The intense emotional and political energy focused on the issue of “immigration” is, to my way of thinking, frequently a screen concealing a much deeper problem — perhaps we might call it a useful flag whose location marks the site of an unseen subterranean concern. The deeper, more difficult issue is what I would call assimilation. It is the problem …

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