02-01-2011, 09:27 AM
I have a questions:
Would it be considered un-American to wave any other flag than The star-spangled banner on July 4th?
I teach social studies and tomorrow I'm doing a lesson on the topic of culture. In recent years here in Norway, the celebration of our national holiday has met with some criticism and much finger-pointing from many Norwegians when immigrant groups (especially children in school) are allowed to wave the flag representing their ethnic background, e.g Somali, Pakistani, Iraqi, etc instead of the Norwegian flag.
Would this ever happen in the US? Is it common to see Italian, German, Irish flags on the 4th of July? The "hyphenated American" (e.g Italian-American, German-American, African-American), denotes the sense of retaining one's former culture and background, but I suspect many in your country would be criticial of Americans showing their heritage on Independence Day... Am I right in that assumption? Are most Norwegians and Americans in agreement on this? What do you think?
How would you react if you saw an Italian flag being waved on the 4th of July?
Would it be considered un-American to wave any other flag than The star-spangled banner on July 4th?
I teach social studies and tomorrow I'm doing a lesson on the topic of culture. In recent years here in Norway, the celebration of our national holiday has met with some criticism and much finger-pointing from many Norwegians when immigrant groups (especially children in school) are allowed to wave the flag representing their ethnic background, e.g Somali, Pakistani, Iraqi, etc instead of the Norwegian flag.
Would this ever happen in the US? Is it common to see Italian, German, Irish flags on the 4th of July? The "hyphenated American" (e.g Italian-American, German-American, African-American), denotes the sense of retaining one's former culture and background, but I suspect many in your country would be criticial of Americans showing their heritage on Independence Day... Am I right in that assumption? Are most Norwegians and Americans in agreement on this? What do you think?
How would you react if you saw an Italian flag being waved on the 4th of July?
