is liberal radio host and cochair of hometown value packed. ethan, what did you think of this article? i will agree that i think there is a place to be a little upset about it. objective journalists are supposed to be just that, objective for setting the information in as fair a way as possible. however, we are in the internet age where we have macedonian troll forms pumping out traits wow fake news to the benefit of vladimir putin so how do we get facts and information out when millions of americanized are being flooded with false information? walter cronkite was against the vietnam war and help turn that tide, one of the greatest minds of journalism is not perfectly objective either. melissa: what is interesting to me is that when the left expresses an opinion like this for steps over the line, i guess, it is always because they are correct, some of the facts aren t getting out there, the fact is that he needs
wanted to become more americanized. my grandparents, my abuelos, my grandfather wanted to be accepted in society. my generation has grown up feeling the opposite. we want more of that heritage. we see multiple languages as an advantage. absolutely. now it feels like we may be going back. i know, ana. you know, this week, as i m sure it has been for not nujust us three on this panel, but for everybody who looks like us, sounds like us, have last names like us, because the shooter was mirroring trump s language and wanting to go after hispanics who, in his words, were invading america. and it has felt different, ana. i wrote this past week that i have never thought twice about feeling so incredibly proud of my latino heritage, of my colombian heritage. my parents did teach us to speak spanish at home.
americanized. my grandparents chose not to speak spanish in the home with my dad. they were so concerned that he learn english to be accepted. sure. in society. sure. my generation has grown up feeling almost the opposite. we want more heritage. we see multiple languages as an advantage. but now. absolutely. it feels like we may be going back. i know, ana. and this week, as i m sure it has been for not just us three on the panel, but for everybody who looks like us, sounds like us, have last names like us, because the shoot ert was mirroring trumps language and wanting to go after hiptsices who in his words were invading america. and it has felt different, ana. i wrote this past week that i have never thought twice about feeling so incredibly proud of my latino heritage, of my columbian heritage. my parents did teach us to speak spanish at home.
beliefs and values. universal truths, eternal truths. and when a society doesn t have that, a society can t succeed. it breaks apartment it. i personally see this. with immigration. that you have a political party that does not believe in it. you have a corporate entities that keep different languages, they press button 1 for this and 2 for this. it is very concerning to me. but is it a bigger problem. assimilation is americanization, that is what is intended. the point you are raising not necessarily just within immigration. you touched on that too. it is crucial for the people who are already here. to be americanized. yes.
americanized. yes. mark: what do you mean by that? well, you know, if you don t like the word america, you can use the word modernity. the modern world functions in a certain way, it s a result of a very long centuries and centuries of evolution, a reformation, a scientific revolution, on and on. that s no joke. you don t want to what would its competitor be? well, when we talk about assimilation, that s what one of the things oppression did to black americans is prevent us from assimilating, saying you re not going to learn these things. you re not going to in many ways we did anyway, and adopted those principles and vaults and so forth. and now there s the politics and this guilt we ve been talking about, and if i m white