I am American, I love America, I love the language, the extremely diverse culture (meaning all different languages, races, creeds), the openness of many different religions (fact of life, oh well, but at least in America it is ok to practice what you want). I was born here, I have a Puerto Rican mother and Dominican father. I have no idea of my heritage, but according to my hairdresser, I have Indian blood in me because of the shape of my head. Yes, America is like its own continent, and NOT like any other place in this world. Chinese are from China, and they have a Chinese past, history. Indians have Hindu, worship cows, etc. Africa has Ethiopians. What are Americans? We had the worst time trying to do our census because no one could say they were one race, I checked off about 3 things. My son has a black father, and I had a REALLY hard time figuring out what my son is. People who immigrate here call themselves where they came from plus America. So please, give us a break! Most Americans are hard-working lower and middle-class people trying to make ends meet and take care of their families. Don't judge most of America by what you see on the News, all the sensationalistic bullshit that does NOT reflect what America really is. We are all immigrants here, except for the Native Americans who are living on shitty reservations in hot ass Arizona. Where the fuck did English come from? Native Americans do not speak that language as a first language. So it was imported, just like most everyone on America. People here can be seperated into two groups: The ones who were brought in against their will and the ones who voluntarily came in to improve their lives. Most immigrants are from Europe, Asia, Latin America, Mexico, etc, and you see ALL those cultures in the American culture. So before you "diss" America, remember that most likely a part of you is being played out in our lives, whether through mannerisms, speech, whatever. American English is made up of so many greek and latin origins it's not even funny. Europeans use s's, we use z's..big deal. What's important is that we EMBRACE other cultures, even though it may not seem like it, especially with black racism and the like. But please, even in Italy there is racism - the dark Italians hate the light Italians, and in India, the light Indians see dark Indians as poor street losers because their skin color is dark due to the sun, implying that they're poor working class schmucks working under the sun. Anyway, I love America, I'm American, and I will always have pride being a part of this wonderful country.
