A Wake Up Call

Major leaders in Europe have announced that multiculturalism doesn't work. Most recently it was British Prime Minister David Cameron, a few months ago it was German Chancellor Angela Merkel. We in the U.S. need to be paying attention.

We write to support the concept of the melting pot, the idea that immigrants need to adopt American values, speak English, and fit in. We write in opposition to the idea of the salad bowl, the idea that a society of distinct groups works in the long run - it doesn't.