Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Wow! Barry McCaffrey tweet about Biden's speech today [View all]loyalsister
(13,390 posts)"The only real Americans are those inside US borders."
Dreamers and many first generation immigrants from the continent south of us are American.
American exceptionalism is yesterday's ideology. A belief in the inherent superiority of the US and it's citizens is only unifying for an exclusive population targeted for a sense of belonging. Millions of people who are born here and in other American countries are denied citizenship and humanity by peers and government. I understand the idealism behind the attraction to pretending that we have ever all been included. But it is a position and celebration of privilege that ignores the reality of lives which are always under threat from militarized police forces and those who are do not see equal opportunity as part of their children's futures among others who don't fit the default image of the "American" Teddy Rooseve imagined and many still cling to.
We need something more forward thinking than this early 20th century vision.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided