Peter Stanton
Mar 8, 2023

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This is a great point. I disagree with the use of the term "nation of immigrants," (because out of Indigenous nations, enslaved Africans, and European colonists, none of those groups were actually "immigrants"), but I completely agree that "diversity" has never really been America's problem. As you explain, the real problems have been continuing injustices like the lack of inclusion and equity.

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Peter Stanton

I’m an Alaskan history teacher in Ketchikan writing a book on the Tlingit 19th century. I also write regularly about language, reading, travel, and politics.