Evelyn Waugh once called America ‘That land of waifs and strays’. Many people who are fortunate to live in the land of their ancestors look at Americans in that way. It’s rude, but mostly because it’s true. America as a country has an abbreviated history. The same can be said for immigrants and their descendants.
It’s rude also because most of the immigrants would have stayed put if they had been given a choice. Many were not wanted where they … Read the rest