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In Hazleton, residents with roots in the Dominican Republic comprise no small cross-section of the city. According to the 2020 Census, more than half of the nearly 30,000 city residents were Hispanic or Latino. Amilcar Arroyo, president and editor at El Mensajero International, estimated 90 percent of that portion had Dominican roots. They deserve that the city not just recognize their past, but their current contributions to the city, with what is in actuality the common granting of a request to raise their flag beneath the American flag at City Hall.
There certainly is room for compromise on this issue; The D.R. flag is on display inside Hazleton’s City Hall, after all, and Cusat did say he’d take community members up on their invitation to join their independence day celebration if he could.
But officials in bigger cities and small towns throughout the area do need to separate political ideology from the reality that communities are different, that they are built by and from citizens of different backgrounds. Raising another nation’s flag is not an assault on the values of the American flag, a rebuke of our nation’s principles, or a sign that American culture is under attack.
To the contrary, it’s a reminder of America’s strength, of the freedom and opportunity it stands for to so many outside the nation’s borders. It’s a reminder, also, that Americans can understand and value that strength while showing compassion and awareness for other nations that aren’t as fortunate as ours.
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Publish date : 2025-02-27 04:51:00
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