MaxSt wrote:maxym_m wrote:Эти люди никогда не были и не станут частью американского общества. Чтобы быть частью общества нужно выучить его язык, принять его культуру, а не жить анклавами в "маленькой мексике", не говорить по-английски в третьем поколении и размахивать своим бело-зеленым флагом при первой же возможности.
Американским флагом они предпочитают размахивать.
MaxSt.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060406/ap_ ... ican_flags
Protesters Defend Carrying Mexican Flags By AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press Writer
Thu Apr 6, 12:47 PM ET
PHOENIX -
Hundreds of protesters gripped Mexican flags as they marched for immigration reform in the past few weeks, but they say a display of cultural unity is being mistaken as a lack of loyalty to the United States.
The displays turned off many Americans. Conservative talk show hosts admonished the protesters, while everyday people wrote angry letters to the editors of their local newspapers.
Some called for those carrying the Mexican flag to return to Mexico. Others questioned why immigrants demanding rights in the United States would wave symbols of Mexico. At least three schools in Colorado and California temporarily banned students from carrying flags to try to calm the protest emotions.
But those who carried the flags, and scholars of the immigrant community, say that pride in their culture should not be misconstrued as a lack of patriotism in their adopted nation.
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Intentional or not, protest organizers acknowledge that the controversy over the Mexican flag is detracting from the message demonstrators want to send.
"(The flag) is a distraction," said Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano. "What the marchers were marching for was to say, 'Hey, we are here, we work, we're tired of being made to blame for every ill that people experience.'"
Lemus said her organization is encouraging protesters to carry both the U.S. and Mexican flags to show their pride in both countries.
"The American flag is a symbol of what they are trying to become — a U.S. citizen," she said.
Jennifer Allen, executive director of the immigrant rights group Border Action Network, said she is not discouraging anyone from bringing the Mexican flag to Monday's march in Tucson. Rather, the protesters themselves are spreading the word.
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A lot of immigrant families in southern Arizona are telling one another to carry the American flag in their hands, but hold the Mexican flag in their hearts," she said.
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Мы бьемся насмерть во вторник за среду, но не понимаем уже четверга...