Calling all Americans
Can I interject into this whole immigration debate to set straight something that is driving me crazy?
When you, as a US Citizen, say 'I am an American'... I would like to know what exactly you think it is that makes you AMERICAN..? Would that be because you are sitting in a country that is located in North America..? So what does that make Canadians?
I will tell you what it makes them. It means they are AMERICANS TOO. And so are Mexicans, Panamanians, Brazilians and Chileans. Like it or not THEY ARE THE OTHER AMERICANS.
The term AMERICAN does not exclusively apply to US Citizens. Why does everyone keep acting as if it does?
From here all the way down to the most southern tip of South America, it is ALL American as far as you can go. Everyone born in the AMERICAS is an AMERICAN.
Now. What exactly makes US citizens so damn arrogant to believe you can somehow put yourself above Mexicans because YOU are an AMERICAN? Where does that kind of obvious ignorant arrogance come from to think you are an American and no one else is, simply because they are not ALSO a US citizen...?
You know before ANY of you keep talking about immigration and the different races that are involved, perhaps you could all take a moment to get the damn basics down.
I am an American. So are Canadians. So are Mexicans. And guess what? So are are Cubans, by default . North, Central, and South AMERICANS all have a stake in this. It would be nice if we atleast looked smart enough to understand our own continant and its' people.
When you, as a US Citizen, say 'I am an American'... I would like to know what exactly you think it is that makes you AMERICAN..? Would that be because you are sitting in a country that is located in North America..? So what does that make Canadians?
I will tell you what it makes them. It means they are AMERICANS TOO. And so are Mexicans, Panamanians, Brazilians and Chileans. Like it or not THEY ARE THE OTHER AMERICANS.
The term AMERICAN does not exclusively apply to US Citizens. Why does everyone keep acting as if it does?
From here all the way down to the most southern tip of South America, it is ALL American as far as you can go. Everyone born in the AMERICAS is an AMERICAN.
Now. What exactly makes US citizens so damn arrogant to believe you can somehow put yourself above Mexicans because YOU are an AMERICAN? Where does that kind of obvious ignorant arrogance come from to think you are an American and no one else is, simply because they are not ALSO a US citizen...?
You know before ANY of you keep talking about immigration and the different races that are involved, perhaps you could all take a moment to get the damn basics down.
I am an American. So are Canadians. So are Mexicans. And guess what? So are are Cubans, by default . North, Central, and South AMERICANS all have a stake in this. It would be nice if we atleast looked smart enough to understand our own continant and its' people.
posted by Christy at 10:03 PM
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