"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American and nothing but an American... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
~ Jody Gomez ~
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I have read that quote in many other places over the last few years, and I agree. If you want to be here in the United States of America, then you WANT to be an American. You are no longer a xxx-American, or an yyy-American, or a zzz-American, you either are, or you are not, an American. Love it or leave it. Thank you for posting this Jody. BTW, I am 4th generation Native too, not much, but I was also born here too.
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