@jwcph @billseitz As a child of immigrants, I feel connected to the USA as a country of immigrants. Parents assimilated just fine but retained many traditions. Neighbors did not mind that my parents would have parties with their fellow immigrants where they spoke their barbarous native language at party volumes.

I *do* mind that I had to eat ethnic cuisine my entire childhood. German food is like classic English food – boil those vegetables into submission! – just with less variety.