Identity In America Is Complicated

After Watching My First World Series In 1977, I Wanted To Be Reggie Jackson. I Bought A Big Reggie Poster. I Ate Reggie Candy Bars. I Entered A Phase During Which I Insisted On Having The Same Style Of Glasses Reggie Had: Gold Wire Frames With The Double Bar Across.

Jeremy Lin Is The Only Asian American In The Nba Today And One Of The Few In Any Professional U.s. Sport. His Arrival Is Surely Leading Other Talented Asian American Athletes This Week To Contemplate A Pro Career.

Conservatives Forget That Citizenship Is More Than A Thing To Withhold From Immigrants. Progressives Forget It's More Than A Set Of Rights.

I Had Heard So Much Negative Talk About Our Generation, That We're Slackers And Young Fogies, That I Knew Wasn't True Of The People I Know.

Throughout This Country's History There Have Of Course Been Systematic Efforts To Create An Official Underclass.