Can't Call It 'Culturally Unique'?

A very reputable U.S. venue booked an Argentine band that fuses Jewish Klezmer music with tango. We thought the case was a slam dunk for the “Fiesta Hanukkah" concert.

But that was before immigration checked out the petition and came up with its own new definition of “culturally unique".

Immigration claimed: “The evidence suggests the group performs a hybrid or fusion style of music... which cannot be considered culturally unique to one particular country, nation, society, class, religion, tribe or other group of persons."

The owner of the venue was livid. “How more culturally specific can you get than Jewish music of Latin America"?

Special thanks to Jaime Vasquez for his painting that is featured on this blog. (See his website at jaimevq.com/)