Yes, I forgot about Blacks. Most Black Americans are descended from people
brought here as slaves from the early 1600s until the slave trade was
banned in the US in 1807. Interestingly, this means that most black
families have been in the United States a lot longer than most White
families. The vast majority of White Americans are descended from the huge
number of European immigrants who came to the USA in the period from 1830
to 1920. I mentioned that to some of my Black students, who found it
interesting in light of the racist attitudes that some Whites here have
toward them.
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On 6/11/14 8:41 PM, "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>"With the exception of the Native Americans, all Americans are descended
>from people who CHOSE to come here." ??
>
>Really ?
>
>According to Wikipedia.org
>
>"African-American history
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_history> starts in the
>16th century, with Africans forcibly taken to Spanish and Englishcolonies
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony> in North America asslaves
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery>. After the United States came into
>being,black people continued to be enslaved
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States> andtreated
>as inferiors <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_States>."
>
>Native Americans' ancestors chose to cross the Bering Strait a few years
>ahead of Mr Columbus.
>
>
>jh
>
>
>
>
>On 6/11/2014 8:03 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>> I think I've said this before in response to Europeans who think
>> displaying their flag is somehow wrong. In many countries, the flag is a
>> symbol of a royal family or an empire.
>>
>> The flag of Spain, for example, changed when the Habsburg monarchy gave
>> way to the Borbons, which is still the current flag. Spain is not a
>> nation-state, its a small empire made up of several smaller, ethnically
>> distinct nations ruled by the Castillian Borbon monarchy. To many
>> Catalans, Basques, and Galicians, displaying the Spanish flag is, in a
>> way, unpatriotic. A lot of countries today have similar histories
>> connected to their national flags.
>>
>> The American flag is different; it does not represent a ruling family
>>or a
>> foreign government imposed on us. With the exception of the Native
>> Americans, all Americans are descended from people who CHOSE to come
>>here.
>> The government belongs to us; this is a democratic republic, so even if
>> government does something we as individuals do not like, it was done
>> because the majority wanted or allowed it. Our national anthem makes
>>clear
>> that the flag is a symbol of our freedom from foreign rule.
>>
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