> What with the election fun and the approaching Thanksgiving Feast I thought I'd like to post my thought on what it is to be an American.
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> First, how do you pronounce 'United States of America'? I believe some one earlier pronounced it united STATES of america. Not me, that elevated the divisions in our country, the divisions between states, and by extension the divisions between whites and minorities, men and women, urban sub-urban and rural, east coast and west coast, north and south, rich and poor, immigrant and natural born. That isn't how I see it. We are the UNITED states of AMERICA.

How about UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

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