[Melanie S]

I think being proud of who you are and where you come from is highly admirable. Of course, I am not a hyphenate as a Native American, but I wake up every morning glad that I am just that. My kids will have the great honor of being proud of who they are and have a sense of heritage in every step of their lives, and I don’t think that anyone anywhere should be able to take anything away from that. We have overcome great stuggles to be where we are right now as a people, and I’m sure that there are many other oppressed people who came here to get away from that, yet hang on desperately to who they are to avoid being just another face in that melting pot that was spoken of. Right now there are more important things than being unenthusiastic about being ‘American’, people are dying, children are being born. If you can’t be proud of who you are and proclaim it on every application, anywhere you can post it, I think that’s just really sad.

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Name : Melanie S, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : American Indian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 29, City : Bellingham, State : WA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Operator, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,