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America TV Dinner | REMEMBER WHEN THE U.S. WAS A MELTING POT; AND NOT A TV DINNER? | image tagged in tv dinner | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
1,456 views 16 upvotes Made by JJMac 4 years ago in politics
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2 ups, 4y
Nice use of a Swanson TV dinner from the 60's. Upvote for you!
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The Republican idea of a "melting pot" is when everybody mixes together but they all have to act white.
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Schoolhouse Rock was a bastion of "Republican ideas", am I right? Either read the lyrics or, if you can't read so well, check out the video on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZQl6XBo64M

My grandmother came from Russia
A satchel on her knee,
My grandfather had his father's cap
He brought from Italy.
They'd heard about a country
Where life might let them win,
They paid the fare to America
And there they melted in.
Lovely Lady Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she's got
Is the great American melting pot.
The great American melting pot.
America was founded by the English,
But also by the Germans, Dutch, and French.
The principle still sticks;
Our heritage is mixed.
So any kid could be the president.
You simply melt right in,
It doesn't matter what your skin.
It doesn't matter where you're from,
Or your religion, you jump right in
To the great American melting pot.
The great American melting pot.
Ooh, what a stew, red, white, and blue.
America was the New World
America was the land of hope,
Or so the legend told.
On steamboats by the millions,
In search of honest pay,
Those 19th-century immigrants sailed
To reach the U.S.A.
Lovely Lady Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she's got
Is the great American melting pot
The great Anerican melting pot.
What good ingredients,
Liberty and immigrants.
They brought the country's customs,
Their language and their ways.
They filled the factories, tilled the soil,
Helped build the U.S.A.
Go on and ask your grandma,
Hear what she has to tell
How great to be an American
And something else as well.
Lovely Lady Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she's got
Is the great American melting pot
0 ups, 4y
Grade-school level history. Eurocentric. No mention of the Africans who came in chains on slave ships, no Asians or Latinos, no mention of the near-genocide of the natives. "Schoolhouse Rock" indeed. A total (pardon the pun) whitewash.
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