Reply To: Black kids thinking they’re all ‘American’

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Jonathan L.
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I noticed that you hail from South Africa. The United States is a country of immigrants. This is where heritage becomes just a watermark within a few generations. Personally, I think by All-American you mean ‘imitating the white man’. American is a nationality and a mindset. You can be what you want to be here. I don’t think it’s fair to label them as not caring about their heritage and ‘acting’ american. They are Americans. As American as my grandmother who speaks a minimum of English, to the caucasian Wall Street broker whose ancestors came over on the May Flower. We’ve made a mistake in adding a seperate label. African-American, Asian-American, Latino-American, etc. The idea is simply, American, of Other descent.

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Name : Jonathan L., Gender : M, Race : Asian, Age : 22, City : Manhattan, State : NY, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College,