And I know it might sound a little unpatriotic, but you’re probably one of those people who conflate being an “American” with being a citizen. It’s not the same thing. Americanism is an ephemeral, ever-evolving status that, historically, can only be bestowed by white people. He probably told you about how the Fourteenth Amendment established the legal definition of citizenship and explained how it gave Black people the same rights and privileges afforded white people. Now, that’s what the books will tell you. But that’s just a bunch of white nonsense. I tell you what—go buy yourself one of
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