toobfreak
Tungsten/Glass Member
Face it, this is the white man's country -- therefore by default if you want to be considered a true American, you need to honor this country, even if your people were slaves back then -- they were still fighting for a country where their offspring will some day be freeI can get any day off. Thats a terrible reason.Because you got the day off like the rest of us??My neighbor came over and asked if I was going to do fireworks today. I told her no and that I do not celebrate the 4th. She asked me why and I told her I didnt want to spoil her fun. She insisted I tell her and I eventually relented. I told her that my ancestors were still enslaved on this day even though a man that looked like me was the first to die in defense of this country.
The fact of the matter Biff is that slavery was once a common practice the world over, but it was America that ended slavery and without both acts, 99.99% of the Blacks in the country today wouldn't have the lifestyle, comfort, opportunity and living they have. When you celebrate the 4th, you are not just celebrating America for what it has done right (no country doesn't make mistakes), but you are celebrating the IDEAL that America stands for. America has done more right and good for the world than any other country in the history of the Earth.