My VIP for this week is Nick Freitas who is documenting the decline of the American identity. In his article, Rob Bluey, president and executive editor of The Daily Signal, reports on Freitas’ documentary.
For his
documentary, Freitas traveled to Britain where he documents the transformation
there, “driven by decades of mass Muslim migration and a political class
unwilling to demand assimilation.” He claims that Americans ignore the
transformation of Britain “at their own peril.” The following information comes
from Bluey’s article.
Asked
how a nation is demoralized and destabilized, Freitas has a simple answer.
“In
the simplest terms, you give it an identity crisis,” he told me. “And I think
we’re suffering that in the West in general, and we’re starting to see it become
a significant problem in the United States.”
A Clash of Worldviews
Freitas
embarked on the project because he cares deeply about his own country’s future.
He decided to visit Britain given its shared heritage with the United States.
In
the United Kingdom, mass migration from Muslim countries has tested the country’s
traditions and reshaped its culture.
“I’m
not talking about difference in dress or festivals or food,” Freitas said. “I’m
talking about diametrically opposed views on the fundamental components of what
builds a high-trust society.”
Those
components, he explained, are political, social, theological, and economic.
When migrants arrive with “no genuine interest in assimilating,” he warned, the
result is “ultimately destructive.”
Nowhere
is that clearer than in Britain’s grooming gang scandal, the film’s most
heart-wrenching segment. Freitas said the overwhelming majority of the men who
organized the abuse were Pakistani. Yet British police were reluctant to pursue
them because they feared being called Islamophobic.
“That
should just absolutely baffle us,” Freitas said. “But on the other side, we
should start to recognize how far America has gone down this path.”
What Americans Can Do
In
its promotion of the film, Heritage is blunt about the stakes: What mass
Islamic immigration did to Britain could happen here if Americans don’t act
now.
Freitas
said America can change course, and he believes it starts close to home. His
advice: Vote in primaries, where he estimates only 7% to 8% of voters
participate. And parents shouldn’t assume their local public school reflects
their values, even in a conservative community with good teachers.
“The
teachers don’t select the curriculum,” he said.
Instead,
Freitas urges parents to teach their kids the real history of the United
States, ensuring they pass that inheritance to the next generation. That, he
said, is the surest way our country doesn’t follow the Britain’s path….
The
film’s message ultimately comes down to Freitas’ plea to value “the truth over
comfort.” Britain didn’t. America still can.
