I got to see the beauty of our country last night

[RainCaster]

I went to an MLB game yesterday, and it was "Hispanic Heritage night". Before the game, all the Hispanic players from both sides came out on the field with the flags of their home countries. Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela... There were others, but my memory ain't what it used to be.

Then our national anthem was sung by a Hispanic band from a local high school. Guitars, trumpets, and everyone in traditional Hispanic garb. I loved it. It was so good to see this celebration of that culture. I know that this could never happen in a red state. But in my blue State, we celebrate this diversity.

Oh yeah, the Mariners won.

[Walleye]

1. I know what you mean, I feel very lucky to be living in a blue state where we can celebrate culture

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. The surprising part is that it wasn't raided by ICE.

[Tetrachloride]

3. TV coverage?!

dream

[RainCaster]

8. Friday night games are on Apple TV

The rest of the games are on Root Sports Northwest.

[Magoo48]

4. Thank you for this. The Mariners will be meeting my Dodgers in the last series of the regular season. Peace.

[Attilatheblond]

5. Glad to see cities celebrating diversity!

Let's hope more cities and sports events engage in showing people what beauty and progress there is in our diversity.

Tucson has had Tucson Meet Yourself festival since 1974. It is a fantastic celebration of the Old Pueblo's beautiful and enriching diversity. Started by a local folklorist and anthropologist Dr. James “Big Jim” Griffith. Big Jim was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts with a prestigious recognition as a “National Heritage” treasure. He got a beautiful thing started and it continues after his passing not long ago.

This free event goes on for a few days and features music, dancing, storytelling, craft demonstrations, some with
hands-on fun for kids and adults. The food is always a big feature and gives opportunity for many local culture clubs and societies a chance to raise money while introducing people to tasty things from cultures all over the world.

Tucson is a diverse place, that is it's special power. Big Jim saw that and worked to build a community that would keep the learning, honoring, celebrating, going.

If you ever wanted to go to Tucson, it's a multi-cultural adventure anytime with great restaurant, diverse houses of worship and lots of clubs where people celebrate their diverse heritages. But for getting a look at it all in a short time, come in October for Meet Yourself. The food, music, camaraderie, costumes, and bagpipes are worth the trip.

https://tucsonmeetyourself.org/]

[llmart]

6. That is just beautiful!

Those of us who live in areas that are diverse should make sure these stories are told by doing exactly what you are doing here - relaying how interesting and powerful this was for you to see.

I live in a rather diverse area of Michigan. Just today I ran some errands and witnessed two young women wearing hijabs who work at our local library, a young mother speaking in Spanish to her toddler boy about a halloween decoration he was asking about, and two Albanian hairdressers at my salon who were griping about their husbands saying, "Why do Albanian men have to be so loud?" I got a chuckle out of that.

When my little granddaughter was in preschool she had a teacher from Venezuala who taught the children Spanish. It was so much fun to see her learn the language and all the kids just loved her.

This is what immigrants bring to our country. They make it a richer place to live. I would take living with immigrants over I would MAGAts.

[Heidi]

7. Kick!