Stop Being Indian-American!?!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

"I do not believe in hyphenated Americans." The statement further quotes him as saying, "My dad and mom told my brother and me that we came to America to be Americans -- not Indian-Americans." And, "If we wanted to be Indians, we would have stayed in India."

"I am explicitly saying that it is completely reasonable for nations to discriminate between allowing people into their country who want to embrace their culture, or allowing people into their country who want to destroy their culture, or establish a separate culture within," offers Jindal further into the same prepared statement.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/parthiv-n-parekh/stop-being-indianamerican_b_6519042.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

Bye-bye Bobby.

[Boiler 45,466]

Never started.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

What does it mean to be American?

[LibCampFireClub 635]

What does it mean to be American?

These days it means having a side of iPhone to go with your welfare check, and the right to use the race, gender or phobia du juor card even tho you are in the USA illegally.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Are you American?

[decocker 7,198]

Are you American?

my interpretation of exexpat's post above is : being illegal is what it means to be american.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

This sort of dialogue is just bad

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

The sentiment behind what he is saying is valid, however, it is difficult to express the idea without coming off as xenophobic.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

These days it means having a side of iPhone to go with your welfare check, and the right to use the race, gender or phobia du juor card even tho you are in the USA illegally.

Aren't we all illegal immigrants?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Aren't we all illegal immigrants?

No, I was born here. I didn't immigrate anywhere.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Aren't we all illegal immigrants?

Absolutely!

There ain't a one of us that's legal because we didn't build it. Somebody else built it. Because 0bozo says there are no absolutes and says he's absolutely sure of it.

Edited January 31, 2015 by ExExpat

[Janelle2002 3,865]

No, I was born here. I didn't immigrate anywhere.

You were born in a country that was stolen from the Indians. If they didn't give you citizenship you are an illegal American.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You were born in a country that was stolen from the Indians. If they didn't give you citizenship you are an illegal American.

Make up your mind - am I an immigrant, or am I an American? We will figure out the illegal part later.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Make up your mind - am I an immigrant, or am I an American? We will figure out the illegal part later.

You are an undocumented Native American born to illegal American parents.

[GandD 5,966]

TIL that I'm not American. My work pays for my iPhone. Is that close enough?