Re: Sticking up for cultural memory

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Larry J — 10/16/2001 1:36:59 PM (archived)

I've never really dwelled on my family's lineage. Someone traced our first ancestor to come to these shores back to 1654. Big whoopee. Just because my ancestors have been here for almost 350 years doesn't make me any more of an American than a naturalized citizen like my wife. It took more courage for her to immigrate to a new country than for me to be born here.

Like many Americans whose family has been here for a long time, I have a lot of different nationalities in my ancestry. I know of British, French, probably some German, and Cherokee (great great grandmother). Basically, I'm you're typical American mongrel. I don't dwell on my ancestry very much simply because if Europe was such a big deal, why did so many people feel the need to leave?

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The humiliation factor - Raoul - 10/15/2001 7:57:13 PM
- Re: The humiliation factor - Dennis - 10/15/2001 2:32:40 PM
  - Re: The humiliation factor - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2001 4:45:08 PM
  - So we treat them like children? - FrankC - 10/15/2001 4:04:26 PM
- How about these people? Can they get their land and property back, too? - Matt Burley - 10/15/2001 10:17:36 AM
- Unfortunately for all of us, the Islamic World is basically becoming Germany in 1939 - ebnelson - 10/15/2001 9:54:40 AM
- Re: The humiliation factor - phil - 10/15/2001 9:52:32 AM
  - Re: The humiliation factor - Marcia - 10/15/2001 10:40:12 AM
- Re: The abandonment factor - FrankC - 10/15/2001 9:32:05 AM
- Re: The humiliation factor - Marcia - 10/15/2001 9:09:33 AM
  - Re: The humiliation factor - Tony - 10/15/2001 9:30:10 AM
    - Re: The humiliation factor - Marcia - 10/15/2001 9:46:13 AM
  - Re: The humiliation factor w/last p. corrections. oy - Marcia - 10/15/2001 9:20:18 AM
- Re: Isn't it obvious? - Success_Machine - 10/15/2001 8:30:08 AM
- As an American, I am sick of being humiliated by Liberal Europeans - Scott - 10/15/2001 8:19:39 AM
  - Re: As an American, I am sick of being humiliated by Liberal Europeans - Dennis - 10/15/2001 3:30:10 PM
    - Re:white powder or anthrax - Raoul - 10/16/2001 4:32:24 PM
    - Re: As an American, I am sick of being humiliated by Liberal Europeans - Scott - 10/16/2001 3:08:02 PM
    - Bombing targets - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2001 3:39:00 PM
      - Sticking up for cultural memory - Mary Anne - 10/15/2001 4:19:08 PM
        
        Re: Sticking up for cultural memory - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2001 4:57:40 PM
        
        Re: Sticking up for cultural memory - RNE - 10/16/2001 11:51:21 AM
        
        Re: Sticking up for cultural memory - Larry J - 10/16/2001 1:36:59 PM
        
        Re: Advantages and inconveniences - Raoul Lannoy - 10/16/2001 8:49:29 AM
        
        Re: Advantages and inconveniences - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2001 10:33:42 AM

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