GOP Congressman Argues Against Multiculturalism: ‘There’s Only One Race Here, It’s The American Race

[quicksilvermad]

EL DORADO HILLS, California - Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) took a strong stand against multiculturalism at a town hall meeting, arguing that immigrants need to shed their culture, become “the American race,” and if they’re unwilling to do so, “reevaluate” whether they want to be in this country in the first place.

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[lickety_split]

I wish white people would stop it with all of this "we are all the same" bullshit.

[squeeful]

[quicksilvermad]

THIS.

[gambitia]

Exactly.

I'm not sure why white people confuse "we are all equal" with "we are all the same", and I am a white person who used to confuse the two. IDGI.

[squeeful]

Some people have a hard time wrapping their heads around the idea that people/things/ideas might not be hierarchical and instead of accepting that, seek to create equality by shoving everyone into the same (imagined) bracket of "become like me (straight white person)" because they subconsciously, unconsciously, or even consciously believe that is the most worthy thing to be.

[sandstorm]

...I want this man to explain exactly what "The American Race" is made up of.

[nitasee]

Easy: people who look just like him.

[zinnia_rose]

immigrants need to shed their culture, become “the American race,” and if they’re unwilling to do so, “reevaluate” whether they want to be in this country in the first place

Oh, okay, so I guess he's first in line to adopt the appropriate regional Native American culture. No? Welp, better go back where his family came from then!

[halfshellvenus]

Yes, this is one of our premiere California assholes that we just can't seem to get rid of.

John Doolittle finally got voted out last November, but this jerk is still around, embarrassing our state and causing trouble for humanity as a whole. :\