There are times when I feel truly ashamed to be an American and wish very much to leave still again. Fortunately, or even unfortunately, it will not happen. On the one hand, I am trapped by both my age and financial situation; on the other hand, I can no longer escape my own sense of conviction that America is truly worth important sacrifice. No, I am not talking about losing a limb on a battlefield on the other side of the world, nor even military service in general. Neither is my conviction the reason that people are pouring across our borders, for their view of America is shallow at best. What one sees from afar, and what one knows close up are truly two different things when it comes to human thought and behavior and the way in which these are organized socially. I know this for a fact, for I have spent much time in both places — both far away as an international vagrant trained in the social sciences of American academia and very close up as the son of a German immigrant who fought agains Japan in World War II and second generation American mom of Dutch and German descent.
Ashamed!
Ashamed!
Ashamed!
There are times when I feel truly ashamed to be an American and wish very much to leave still again. Fortunately, or even unfortunately, it will not happen. On the one hand, I am trapped by both my age and financial situation; on the other hand, I can no longer escape my own sense of conviction that America is truly worth important sacrifice. No, I am not talking about losing a limb on a battlefield on the other side of the world, nor even military service in general. Neither is my conviction the reason that people are pouring across our borders, for their view of America is shallow at best. What one sees from afar, and what one knows close up are truly two different things when it comes to human thought and behavior and the way in which these are organized socially. I know this for a fact, for I have spent much time in both places — both far away as an international vagrant trained in the social sciences of American academia and very close up as the son of a German immigrant who fought agains Japan in World War II and second generation American mom of Dutch and German descent.