Great article mafree, we should'nt need tragedy to bring out our patriotism, I thank God everyday for the great country and freedoms we enjoy!!
We have been and always shall be Americans (no need for hyphenated ethnicity)
Love your profile!!
My flag flies everyday, and it's brings me so much pride every morning as I walk out to the garage!!
This line says it all: "But I realized that on the day of the bombing, had I been on the plane, my blackness and Islamicness were negated and I would have been just as dead as everyone else."