Australian Open: Naomi Osaka beats Petra Kvitova in final to become Asia’s first world No 1

South China Morning Post ^ | 01/26/2019 | Nicolas Atkin

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What opportunity did Japan give her? She was trained in the US. She has a US passport. I wonder how well she speaks and writes Japanese. Osaka is a dual national. But she has lived 18 of her 21 years in the US.

I grew up in an immigrant neighborhood over 70 years ago. At that time immigrants wanted to be an American. Our schools taught the virtues of America and how fortunate we were to be here. Now a kid raised on Long Island and in FL identifies as Japanese. No doubt she will continue to live in the US and be fortunate to enjoy all the benefits that this country has to offer. Something is very wrong with this country when dual nationals elect to identify as other than American.

Osaka is not an exception. I can cite many other American athletes who have elected to compete under a different flag. I am not singling her out. I blame it on our educational system and the demonization of patriotism. The Dems use identity politics and the glorification of multiculturalism as weapons to divide us. They defend the rights of non-citizens more than they do their own people. Citizenship has become devalued.

[CaliforniaCraftBeer]