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Greenwich, as they relate to changing demographics, as well as the incessant drumbeat of this rhetoric as Trump’s anthem. These statements could not be clearer than if they said, “I miss the days when America was white only.”

Which leads me to a question that my 10-year-old would ask, “When was America white only?” I say that only a 10-yearold would ask this because there is an assumption that anyone older than that is aware that America was never just white nor would have prospered without the labor or fresh ideas brought to us via migration. Native or indigenous people were clearly not white. The slaves brought over against their will were not white either. In New York City, we ask men with turbans, or women in religious clothing subway directions, and everywhere else, in every corner of this country, rural, suburban and urban we see melting pots filled with every shade of person.

How does an adult not realize that America was never white, is always changing and will never be the lily-white flower they fantasize about?

My favorite part of Ms. Ingraham’s diatribe is the one where she said, “Most of us don’t like ...”

Nope. I would say she likes it very much, just on her terms. She liked that we forced immigration onto slaves and were able to build a rich nation with zero labor cost. I bet she likes inexpensive immigrant labor in her household. She probably loves immigrants whom you could adopt, as she adopted two Russian boys, and a Guatemalan girl.

I believe it is safe to say that most who repeat her rage love immigration for all of the aforementioned reasons as well as many others — but continue to spew the same hate filled rhetoric because of some personal insecurity that they have with themselves.

If they had any self worth they would not feel intimidated, competitive or imposed upon by those who literally arrive with nothing and are willing to do much more for much less.