America is an immigrant society that has in the past and
continues to absorb people arriving from
different part of the globe. For us, Europeans, this is a new experience. We
once were migrants ourselves: we shouldn’t forget this. These people come to
their new home, which today is nothing less than the entire world, becoming
more and more a melting pot.
They arrive with the culture and language of their origins
and the hope of making a new life. Transforming our societies into reality
means working in a context where the migrants and refugees MUST pick up our
culture. And we, like it or not, MUST pick up theirs.
In this phase it is common that we feel confused, but this is
the seed of a future prosperous society: we must have faith! Because this is
just the beginning, as they run from wars, hunger, desperation, misery. These migrants groups will be followed by others, many
other communities and they will be examples of the contributions made by them
to enrich our society.
This is our world, today. A smaller and smaller village.
…..Always humble,
Angiolino
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