I'm Not White, I'm American.
The SAT. Medical forms. College applications. These papers, and many more, ask you to "select your race" from a list similar to this: African American, Latino, Pacific Islander, Asian, and White. I always skip this portion of paperwork for one reason: I'm not white, I'm American. I was born as an American citizen. Both my parents are citizens, and so are their parents. There are two other ways to have American citizenship: naturalization and marrying a citizen. All citizens are equal, no matter how they joined our nation. Moreover, American citizens are American. Well, yeah, duh, of course they are. But think about it. If we're American, then why are we labeled based on this imaginary categorizer called "race"? We are not the nationality of our ancestors - we are the nationality of our citizenship, no matter our skin color. Americans are losing pride in their country. This is understandable, owing to the degradation of the presidential office and hypo...