Muslim employee sues Disney for right to wear headscarf

[PlumpRump]

...I think we need to continually redefine what we perceive as "All-American.

I was thinking about just that very point this morning. What is it that defines Americans now? And I don't mean from an international perspective. How do we, as Americans, define ourselves? What is left that can be claimed as distinctly "American?" I had a hard time coming up with an real list of serious length.

Also, I came to the conclusion that the term "assimilation," in America, has nothing to do with people moving here from other places and assimilating to American culture anymore (probably because there really isn't an American "culture" anymore). Assimilation in America, these days, involves Americans being made to assimilate to every other culture throughout the world in an attempt to not piss off, or upset those that move to this country from somewhere else.

IMO its disappointing that we as Americans have given up our sense of culture to accommodate people from other cultures who refused to immerse themselves in ours, and call us insensitive or intolerant for not understanding or being accepting of their culture.

 

[Trident1]

Maybe Disney is angry at Hamas using Mickey Mouse to teach children on a kids TV show to hate Jews.

 

[LukeEl]

I don't know I couldn't picture Snow White, Cinderella, or Ariel wearing a head scarf that just kills the whole fantasy for me...Anyway Disney is an evil place to begin with, they confiscated the film in my camera because I hugged one of the Disney princesses and made a goosing the ass gesture in the photo...So I go no love for those facists at Disney! I'd rather go to Jurassic Park.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Also, I came to the conclusion that the term "assimilation," in America, has nothing to do with people moving here from other places and assimilating to American culture anymore (probably because there really isn't an American "culture" anymore). Assimilation in America, these days, involves Americans being made to assimilate to every other culture throughout the world in an attempt to not piss off, or upset those that move to this country from somewhere else.

You just have to know where to go. There are pockets where American culture and values still prevails.

 

[PlumpRump]

You just have to know where to go. There are pockets where American culture and values still prevails.

True. I see traces of it when I go to visit my Mom and Grandmothers in Indiana. Of course, I live in southern California, and it seems to me that everything distinctly "American," and assimilation to "American" culture are concepts that left here for greener pastures a looooooong time ago.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

True. I see traces of it when I go to visit my Mom and Grandmothers in Indiana. Of course, I live in southern California, and it seems to me that everything distinctly "American," and assimilation to "American" culture are concepts that left here for greener pastures a looooooong time ago.

Yeah you can go in some places in America in one direction and be in a third world and another direction and be in heaven. In some cases it's only a matter of a few miles. I know where I'm goin' though when the SHTF. :yesyes:

 

[Kingfisher]

She's just looking for attention and she's all over the news out here.
Almost every business has a dress code, she's not following the dress code mandated by her agreement with the company. They offered her many alternatives and she keeps refusing. I know a dozen people who would take her job in a heart beat. She should shut the fuck up, do as her employer asks, because it's not endangering her life or the lives of others by not wearing it, if she doesn't like it, quit! She has no grounds for a lawsuit. Oh look at me, I'm a liberal arts major with a chip on my shoulder. I think I'll try and make a precedent against the 800lb gorilla in the corner.

 

[ChefChiTown]

You just have to know where to go. There are pockets where American culture and values still prevails.

Yeah, those spots still exist. Unfortunately, people who live in those areas (the people who still believe in America) are usually considered intolerant and racist. Go figure.

 

[Trident1]

Yeah, those spots still exist. Unfortunately, people who live in those areas (the people who still believe in America) are usually considered intolerant and racist. Go figure.

Of course. The liberals are like the Borg.........assimilate all into a mindless gray.