Matt Walsh

Only in the last decade or so did it become outrageous to talk about the benefits of our shared heritage with the British and the Anglo-Saxons.

And that brings up an important point.

We talked about ethnicity earlier.

Yes, we should recognize that we're the product of an Anglo-Saxon culture.

And yes, we should recognize that this heritage is unique and valuable.

But we should also recognize that we're not best defined as descendants of the Anglo-Saxons anymore.

We're not solely defined that way.

We are something distinct.

We're Americans.

We have our own identity.

We don't have to define ourselves exclusively as the descendants of Germans or Britons or Irishmen or anyone else.

Every nationality and ethnic group began when it achieved terminal velocity and became a distinct identity from the ones that preceded it.

And Americans have reached that point.

We are a distinct culture.

We are a distinct nation.

We are a distinct ethnicity.

We have our own shared traditions and heritage, and none of it is captured, at least not fully, by describing us as Italian Americans or German Americans or Anglo-Saxons or anything else.

We are Americans.

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