From Tennessean.com:
The segment of Tennesseans describing their ethnic origin as American first — rather than Irish-, German- or African-American, for example — is growing.But there is this...
Lea Boucher, 42, can sum up her genealogy in under a minute beginning with one German grandfather's arrival on Ellis Island by way of Russia and the parallel histories of other family members' English and German immigrant journeys.
But when it comes to describing her ethnic heritage, her explanation is even shorter.
"I'm American," the Springfield resident said. "I was born and raised here."
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
The Stars and Stripes flew everywhere on Sunday, but Old Glory had plenty of company in Fremont -- the flags of Italy, Qatar, Mongolia and Ireland were among 25 nations represented in a parade that's caused hurt feelings all around and raised the timeliest of questions: What does it mean to be an American?
Vice Mayor Steve Cho's proposal to include flags of other nations started innocently enough two weeks ago, but angered residents who said America's Independence Day would be diluted.
The controversy grew until a plan to have the Boy Scouts carry the foreign flags was jettisoned early last week. But the flagging flag vision was revived Friday when volunteers agreed to carry the symbols of 25 countries -- along with American flags -- along 10 blocks of Fremont Boulevard.
Matt's Chat
Americans still have an identity crisis brought on by our liberal "friends" in the education field. Multiculturalism is not the answer...but rather a healthy respect for other cultures IN ADDITION to our own is what is called for here. This much guilt is almost a Catholic thing...Mark's Remarks
Amen to this movement. It is about time. We need to realize regardless of our genealogies, we are bound together by the fact that we are Americans, united by our common desire for life, liberty, and freedom to pursue happiness in this great city upon a hill, and we should not be bounded by categories of Americans, for we are all Americans, regardless of what hyphenated thing we throw in front of it. All of us bleed, breathe, love, and care. Of course, you do not want to unite people if you are liberals. Liberals love dividing people into groups, aka plantations, the better to exploit them, the better to anger them, the better to misinform them into hating other groups at the benefit of the Democratic party. It worked for Mussolini, it worked for Hitler, and it has worked for the Democratic party. Divide the elements, give them tailor made messages, and then let the blocs each think you care about them, when all you really care about is power.
Isn't it amazing that the same party that led the fight against fascism and racial hatred under Roosevelt is now the party that champions it? Even still today, Democrats seek to divide us, to separate us, to keep us from coming together, all in the guise of "protecting our identity", "keeping us real" or some other b.s. phraseology. We are all Americans, even liberals who would rather not be, and we need to unite.
