If you don't like America, you can git out!

Step up your game, Douglas Bruce. Arizona’s got bigger blowhards than you.

Last week, an Arizona legislative panel endorsed a proposal from State Rep. Russell Pierce, R-Arizona, that would bar public schools from teaching anything that is considered “counter to democracy or Western civilization,” according to The Arizona Republic.

It would also prohibit students at the state’s universities from creating race-based groups.

“This bill basically says, ‘You’re here. Adopt American values,’” State Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Arizona told The Arizona Republic. “If you want a different culture, then fine, go back to that culture.”

Yeah all you non-American bastards. If you don’t like America, you can git out!

(My apologies to Matt Stone and Trey Parker.)

Now, far be it from me from stating the obvious, but the United States is made up of folks with origins from around the world — not just Europe. This proposal is nothing more than xenophobic tripe.

What does Kavanaugh mean by “American values,” anyways? We are a nation of people who have adopted the values of our ancestors — ancestors who have come from myriad of places.

From my understanding, this proposal would make it illegal for public school students in Arizona to learn about non-European history. This seems stupid. Don’t we want our kids to learn about everything and have a well-rounded knowledge of the world?

And what is with the prohibition of letting university students create race-based groups?

I’ve heard the argument of these students self-segregating themselves, but I don’t buy it. Having been in race-based student groups in college, I find them to be an arena for young adults to share their ethnic culture with the greater community.

When I was in the Vietnamese Student Association in Boulder, we held our Tet culture show every year. Yeah, our Vietnamese was bad and we didn’t always get the stories quite right, but it was an opportunity for us to share a part of who we are.

I’m an American of Vietnamese descent. I bleed red, white and blue, but don’t tell me that I’m not allowed to hold on to the values my family has passed along to me just because they don’t necessarily fit in with your own.

Pierce and Kavanaugh are trying to turn the U.S. into a melting pot — where everyone is the same. I like to think that our country is more like a salad with each group adding its distinctive flavor.

About a year ago I made a beer out of Skittles. They were different colors before I put them in the boiling water and it became a puke orange mix.

What would you rather want? Boiling melted Skittles or a salad?