2006-09-27 15:05:32 · 7 answers · asked by james w 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
You Know the saying united we stand divided we fall. Yes it is good to have pride in one heritage, but they are saying 1st have pride in the country. Even the poorest of the poor is luck to have been born here. We have opportunities here the 3rd world doesn't even dream of. We take the opportunity to get a free education from K through 12 for granted. Many of the rich are complacent while the poor bemoan it fact that they can't get anywhere.
Put together Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech & John F. Kennedy's inaugral speech "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country." Take the education that is being freely offered. Then go out and create wealth for the world. Some of that wealth will return to your pocket. The only thing one is entitled to is the chance to contribut with one's talents.
2006-09-27 15:25:12 · answer #1 · answered by viablerenewables 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means Mexican-American, Italian-American, etc. We are all Americans and mentioning what your nationality is insulting America. Who cares where someone comes from? All these -Americans are is dividing us by race. If you do not like it, move back to where you came from.
2006-09-27 22:08:06 · answer #2 · answered by Chainsaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means they believe Americans should identify simply as Americans, instead of as African-Americans, Italian-Americans, etc.
2006-09-27 22:06:55 · answer #3 · answered by timm1776 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, etc.
2006-09-27 22:07:10 · answer #4 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that we need to view ourselves as Americans. Not African American, Italian American, Irish Americans, etc...etc...etc.....
United we stand. Only as Americans.
2006-09-27 22:11:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to stop categorizing your Americanness.
To stop putting your race or ethnicity before American.
2006-09-27 22:08:35 · answer #6 · answered by Hernan Cortes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
black-American
Jewish- American
Irish-American
And so on
2006-09-27 22:09:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋