Born in the U.S.A.

On the 4th of July, yes our nations birthday, there was a child in Inwood park drawing on the asphalt with some colored chalk. How cute, right? You know what this kid wrote? "I *heart* the Dominican Republic" with a drawing of the Dominican flag. Twice. On July 4th. This kid has most likely never even been to the Dominican Republic, but has learned that it's acceptable and even trendy to like any country other than America. It has become commonplace to blast the United States and claim to have ties to your "homeland". Odds are their "homeland" hasn't seen anyone from their family in generations...

You see blacks, oh I'm sorry, "African-Americans" walking around wearing their "African" colors. You know, red, green, yellow. Do they even know what those colors mean? Do they have any idea where their roots are? No, it's simply because it's cool. There's "African-American" and "Asian-American" and "Native-American"...well screw it, from now on I no longer want to be called "white", I'm a "European-American". And yes, I'm an American, damnit. My family name is German. Doesn't mean I run around wearing liederhosen and have a German flag on my wall or name my children Hans and Olga. I was born here, my parents were born here, as were their parents before them, and so on. I'll bet yours were too. If you don't like being an American, if you have so much disdain for the fact that you were born in this country, then by all means go back to your "homeland". See how well you fit in. See how much freedom you have. See what life is really like there. Get the hell out and leave America to us Americans.