Donald Trump is leading a war against immigrants. Trump is making it clear that under him no immigrant should ever come to the United States. Trump wants to Make America White Again. Unfortunately for the xenophobes, America was never White. It was always indigenous and remains so today. It was the White settlers that invaded… Read More Denying Citizenship At All Costs
There is an ongoing debate about whether the citizenship question should be added to the 2020 census. There are many who believe that it is an important question. There are also those who believe the question will discourage participation or skew the results. Lost in the debate is one group of individuals that no one… Read More Citizenship and the Census
Where are you from? It seems like such a simple question. In most countries it has a simple answer. When I lived in Europe, Beausoleil, France to be precise, my answer to “where are you from?”, was simply, “je suis mexicaine,” or “I am Mexican.” Not a grammatically precise answer, but there was never any… Read More The U.S. Crisis of National Identity
One of the things I found strange when I first came to the United States was how little most US citizens understand proper flag etiquette. Helping Landon with his Cub Scout participation has given me a clearer understanding of the rules and regulations of the United States flag. I thought I would share some of… Read More Violating Flag Laws