sleeves

I am so proud to be an american!!! No hyphen is necessary though there are those who would say I’m an african american and don’t forget to include that.
Yes, I am proud to be of african descent also but the main thing is the main thing, I am an american and I am especially proud of that right now.
I recall throughout my childhood how proud I was of that also, before I was told as an adult that I had been refiled as an african-american (as if somehow I couldn’t claim to be all american for some reason). so when Michelle Obama said that she was proud to be an american for the first time a while back I related to that.
So I just want to say that I agree with a political commentator on CNN who after the Presidents speech, remarked that many African- americans probably feel a sense of inclusion now more than before.
I feel that a part of my identity has been restored and although in society’s eyes i’m classified as an African-american.
I have the right and privilege to call myself an american because of my birth in this great country with or without hyphenation.
And I shall continue to do so and be proud of it… God bless america!!

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