In Reply to: F*ck the dodgers. Nezza is not allowed at Dodger posted by Bruinfan4ever on June 19, 2025 at 05:18:52
American identity while refusing to let go of their core ethnic identity.
I don't think we pay enough attention to the language insecurity suffered by ethnocentric, monolingual, white Anglo Americans of the right wing persuasion.
I remember very clearly, going way back, that any discussion in which a person adopts an anti-immigrant status (back then it was all about "illegal immigrants", supposedly) eventually came down to "and they keep speaking Spanish at Starbucks and I don't understand what they're saying". Translation: "I don't know what they're saying about me, and that makes me uncomfortable".