Quote:I guess that part I don't agree with. I've never thought about all of my Filipino friends growing up as being less respectful of America simply because they were proud of where they were from. And believe me, some of them had lots of reasons to not be respectful of America.

 

I'm referring more to the language thing. I don't care if someone has an Italian, or PR flag from their windshield, it's the language that gets me. I get heritage I'm not even a "real southerner" but I associate myself as a southerner (growing up here we assimilated). It's when people speak in foreign languages as to conceal their conversation in public I find incredibly rude. Some of the older immigrants I understand it's hard to learn a second language in your 30's I doubt I could do it in all honesty. I was just taught we came here, we are part of this country, we've left the old country behind for a reason.

 

Maybe it has to do with both of my parents leaving their host nations for bitter reasons? Neither of my parents families held their home nations in high regard and rarely if ever went back to visit. I don't think my Dad ever went back after his last visit with his Father. I know my mom never went back to Columbia.

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