American Haters falsely assert that native-born Americans are being replaced by migrants and that migrants are enjoying taxpayer-funded housing, health care, education, food, and smartphones.
The progressives behind the Boise Art Museum came up with a plan to silence these haters. Membership is $60 for native-born Americans and free for immigrants. Dividing patrons into a group that must pay and a group that need not pay will “bridge perceived divides across cultures”.
What else goes on at the art museum? The sculpture park is nice! Note that admission is also free via reciprocity for those who are members of Florida’s Ringling museum.
We also checked into the Basque Museum, which explains how Basque men came to Idaho to raise sheep on free federal land. Fifteen of them would share a modest-size house (i.e., they did not receive the “dignity” that is a migrant’s right today in the form of a 1BR or 2BR apartment). According to the museum, as soon as the Feds shut down the offer of free land, the Basques stopped coming to the U.S.
One of the restaurants in the Warehouse Food Hall combines Basque and Vietnamese. I can’t figure out why. (We had some great food, conviviality, and Basque language instruction at Ansots (shared a table with a lady who runs the local Basque immersion preschool for 20 kids; two teachers come over every year for 13 months from the Basque part of Spain).)
It looks as though Boise has had at least one immigrant from San Francisco…
Also, Elizabeth Warren was visiting at the same time that we did:
Restaurant owners are Basque husband and Vietnamese immigrant wife.
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What would you say is unique about your business?
We have a special niche. We are the ONLY Basque & Vietnamese combo/fusion food truck in the entire United States! Matthew is a fourth-generation Idahoan Basque, and his family has contributed to the community dating back to the early 1900s. We wanted to honor his heritage and family name. My mother owned a pho restaurant in Saigon, Vietnam and my father owned a small coffee shop when they first met. She has played an incredibly influential part in my life, especially when it comes to cooking.