Oh enlightened ones, I bow before your infinite compassion and tolerance. You are right, we are not being manipulated into giving up our cautious suspicion. A thousand apologies O beacons of hope! There's no possible way that any of us knew what being Americans was about, nor that this glorious message is by implication stating we previously assumed all Americans were white men. </end obsequious sarcasm>
Sorry, I just couldnt get comic book guys voice out of my head after reading that paragraph!