08-05-2015, 03:24 PM
(08-05-2015, 07:49 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Things like this make me think about Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson speaking out against "hyphenate Americans" in the sense that we all should just focus on being Americans. Of course, both of them had prejudices and acted on them just like others, and the sentiment expressed there was more about bringing them into the fold rather than seeing each other as equals, but still. If you look on the surface it was a nice sentiment.
Yes it was a nice sentiment. With the best intentions.
Jindal mentions this same thing almost anytime he gets to speak for an extended period of time.
