For those of you who are absolutely obsessed with your "my race is better!" and/or "your race sucks!" and/or "everything is your race's fault!" idiotic bullshit (and you know who you are), in the event of a hypothetical conflict (of arms or interests), would you side with the United States or with a country that in your feeble irrationality you think somehow represents your 'race'?
I remember we were all Americans after 9-11, for about a minute.
Economic distress caused everyone to look out for themselves. The corporations/rich got people blaming everyone but the real criminals, the corporations/rich
The GOP effectively used gays, blacks, mexicans, muslims to win this election. That's how the rich win over poor and middle class idiots. With wedge issues.
So truth is, yes we are all Americans when it comes down to it. Don't care if it's a black or transgender or even asian god forbid next to me in a fox hole. All I care about is that their gun is full of ammo and they can shoot straight.
weariness from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and combative politics have pried Americans apart
"If everyone feels they're getting their fair share," he adds, "it fosters better feelings toward one another."