Tag: immigration

America, Citizenship, Culture, Immigration

Strangers and Orphans

Gary Furr

The American religious experience has been shaped as much from behind as from before. What do I mean? I mean that we are a product of a powerful force born of people leaving some other place to come here. While they all left something looking for something else, their reasons for leaving and the circumstances they left were as diverse as their languages, religious backgrounds, and ethnic origins. According to Sydney Ahlstrohm, who was the pre-eminent American church historian of a generation ago, this was spurred by several factors. Some of this mass exodus was forced by untenable conditions elsewhere–like … Continue reading Strangers and Orphans

Art, Culture, Immigration, Modern Life, Politics, Television

Breaking News Update from “What If…”

Gary Furr

(Another Imaginary News Update, to be repeated 97 times on Imaginary CNN when there is nothing else to talk about)– In a late-breaking development in the Native American Immigration Crisis (read the original story here http://garyfurr.org/2012/07/16/what-if/ Canadians illegally in the United States today gathered simultaneously at IHOPs across the country, as they believe that they are diplomatically immune spaces.  In a giant Skype call, they decided that should the Native American effort to oust Europeans proceed and threaten them as well that their strategy will be to return to Canada on a single day, forcing a crisis in the Great … Continue reading Breaking News Update from “What If…”

Citizenship, Culture, Ethics, Immigration, Leadership, Politics, Race4 Comments

What If…I

Gary Furr

Indians Sue for Possession of the U.S.: Ask for Return of Lands and Deportation of Euro-Americans (Imaginary Press Release)   The immigration crisis in the United States took an unexpected turn today when Native Americans launched a lawsuit to deport all European descendants from the US back to their homelands.  Following the recent Supreme Court decision on immigration, leaders representing all the major tribes gathered together at Little Big Horn to announce an impending lawsuit.  They are seeking a lawsuit to remove all European Americans whose ancestors emigrated to this country illegally during the past 300 years, claiming that they had … Continue reading What If…I