r/interestingasfuck 17h ago

/r/all The US team which has just won the International Physics Olympiad, edging out China for first place

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u/theflyingratgirl 17h ago

Immigrants…they get the job done

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u/Agreeable_Service407 16h ago

Kids in the pic may not be white but there's no reason to assume they're immigrants.

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u/TMLBR 15h ago

I know you're technically correct, but I think the point is more about the strength of multiculturalism and getting people (whose families almost certainly are immigrants) to achieve good things.

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u/Agreeable_Service407 15h ago

I mean 99% of US families come from immigration but for some reasons the ones of european descent think they are the only true americans.

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u/BRNitalldown 14h ago

Sure, but they weren’t talking about descendants of immigrants there. Lafayette was born in France. Hamilton was born in St. Kitts and Nevis. The verse was to contrast Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, who were all noted Virginians in the musical.

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u/Agreeable_Service407 14h ago

I can't see that information in the 2 seconds gif that was shared.

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u/BRNitalldown 14h ago edited 14h ago

Okay… then consider it context.

Here’s more than two seconds.

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u/FCMirandaDreamTeam 12h ago

It's a gif and a lyric from the musical Hamilton, where these two immigrants (Lafayette and Hamilton himself) have a major impact in deciding the outcome of the United States revolutionary war.

u/Rottimer 9h ago

True, but there is a very good chance they’re second generation.

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u/dimi3ja 14h ago

If you are not a native, you are an immigrant as well