Race

I agree with other students post 100%. To go along with how people identify themselves I believe its true that most people when asked "what they are", they state there original heritage. Even though I would guess a large percentage of them have never even been to there original heritage country. I do not know why they do not address themselves as American, but it has become the way people respond, they give out there families heritage and background instead of the life they have lived and where they have lived it. I believe it would so much harder coming from another country or a minority group and trying to become, what most believe is a privilege, an American. But yet we continue to disgard this when were asked, " what we are". So maybe people will respond to this and answer me because I am a bit interested in knowing what others think and why it is that instead of saying I am an American, its I am Irish, Polish, Dutch, etc..


Peter Ferguson Post #5