5/16/2008 11:46:48 PM Charles Hale
Quite often we hear that being an American is not a racial thing. Americans are of so many races and countries that we are bound together by other things. We are bound by our religions, by our desire to be free, by the high quality of life and mostly by the flag.
I disagree. I think that there is such a thing as an American race. To keep it simple, let's call it the Broom Theory. Imagine I was walking through a lab and knocked every vial off the counter. Then I got the broom and swept it all into a dustpan. Hence the broom in Broom Theory.
I'm not being mean, I love my country. But once you come to these shores, typically the gene pool opens up a lot. I am Cherokee, English, Scottish, Irish, German, Dutch, Jewish and French. Grandma's grandparents from Jews from France, smart enough to get out in time; her other ones were a European of unknown descent married to a Cherokee.
So I consider myself to not be "Caucasian", but American. Besides, unless you are Japanese or Korean, your gene pool is so mixed that you cannot claim to be pure anything. Brits, whom used to be Britons, were mixed with Anglo-Saxons, plus some viking rape fests, and a lot of Frenchies. Scots were screwed up since the Brits moved up there. French, German and other continental races had been mingling for hundreds and thousands of years.
The racial thing is old news. It is now the country of origin.
And I think that what really sets the US apart is that we do mix up the gene pool. We do end up with some failures, but we gain an advantage. Recently I read that the Tasmanian Devil is at risk due to such a small gene pool. We do not have this problem, as anyone from any race (except queers) can come here and marry anyone else. It's great to live in the only remaining open society.
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