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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I mean unfortunately there are those that do but god damned.

When my mum and her lot got off the boat from Poland they were talked down to, isolated, and told to fit in and shut up.

My mum never taught us the language because she wanted us to fit in and not have the awkward time at school she had.

Now you can hear multiple languages, see a blend of architectural styles, enjoy all sorts of festivals/art/cusine, you can see other perspectives, religions, philosophies.

It's far from perfect, it's not like we're post racism or anything but we've come so far. What pride I have in our country comes from how it has grown from its dubious origins (in the modern nation state sense), the beautiful shit we create when we mix our differences together, and how far we might yet still go.