[Magdalen] Immigration and Naturalization Laws 1965 - 1966 USA.

[Marion Thompson]

This is probably true in many sectors of Canadian society, too.  Well said.

I know a number of people who disliked Pierre Trudeau for throwing open the
door and welcoming non-Brit immigrants, thus changing the nature of
Canadian society to a melting pot from a British outpost.

Marion, a pilgrim

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 4:19 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Very well said, David! Embracing a multicultural society for real will mean
> being open to changing some values, and that's very difficult for many (I
> feel like it wouldn't be difficult for me, but I'm sure that's giving
> myself too much credit!). I grew up in a basically all-white suburb, and
> part of my decision to go to Michigan State University was to experience a
> much more diverse atmosphere. I think it's time I had that sort of learning
> experience again; this time, seeking out people and their stories and
> understanding their struggles. I hope we're having or will soon have a
> national learn-in about systemic racism and how we might eradicate it.
>
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 2:51 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > It seems to me that these very important changes  in the laws in 1965 and
> > 1966have had enormous impact on the USA, and they were quietly signed
> with
> > theirshift away from emphasis on European immigrants with a
> liberalization
> > ofimmigration from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The laws got little
> > generaldiscussion and were not thoroughly vetted.  Some of the reading
> I've
> > done onthis subject implies that those who put the laws and regulations
> > together
> > didn't themselves fully understanding what they were doing.
> >
> > This has had the effect of an earthquake on the makeup of this USA, and
> > itstrikes me that these changes  were not well vetted, and though some
> > ofthe USA, is in agreement with the changes (including myself), a great
> > dealof the USA, especially those in the hinterlands simply have never
> fully
> > understoodwhat these laws accomplished and think of the USA in terms of
> how
> > it was pre-1965-1966.
> >
> > If anyone had asked me what I thought the "purpose" of the USA was in,
> > say,1964, I would have said we were an extension of European (includes
> > UK)culture in the New World.  I certainly wouldn't say that now, but I
> > suspect themajority of, for instance, Midwesterners, would answer what I
> > would havesaid in 1964. So we have those USA citizens who still think it
> is
> > 1964 andothers who have, for better or worse, moved on and embraced the
> > changes.This dichotomy has some relationship to what is currently going
> on
> > streets ofUSA cities.
> >
> > It takes a little getting used to, this polyglot nation we have built.
> Am
> > I completelyoff base with these thoughts?
> >
> > David S.
> >
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>