Thursday, May 8, 2008

What makes a person 100% American? Is it that you were born here, yes that would make you an American, but would it make you 100% American? What if you were naturalized and given citizenship, would that make you 100% American? Who knows? All that I know is that if you are one of these two things and you say that you are 100% American, then that's good enough for me.

On the other hand if you go around saying that you are an Irish-American, Mexican-American, African-American, Chinese-American, Latino-American or any other kind of hyphenated American, then in my eye's you're not 100% American.

Someone on YouTube, from the United States, had a picture of themselves in a t shirt that read; 100% Latino. I posted a comment that said; I am 100% American. She then posted a comment on my channel that said; You are a Racist!!! Of course I deleted the comment, and then I emailed her stating that if anyone was a Racist it was her. I said that my comment was just stating that I was 100% American, It didn't indicate my race or even mention race. I then told her how divisive a shirt like that is. I said that if I were to wear a shirt that said, 100% White, I would defiantly be called a racist and in some neighborhoods I would be lucky to get out alive. She never emailed me back, so I assumed that she must have agreed with me.

If we are to survive as a Nation, then we must all come together as Americans, just Americans. Stop trying to divide us, we need to be one.

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