My Rant

I am going to warn anyone who happens to read this that I am about to rant. I am sorry if I upset anyone, but if I don't do this I will explode. I am the mother of a child adopted from Liberia( no big surprise right) and I also work in Florida in a Head Start program. I have met and made friends with lots and lots of immigrants. Why in the name of all that is good do some of my "Christian" family members insist on sending me stupid narrow minded emails about "new immigrants" and how they don't want to assimilate and how they should basically forget where the came from because that is how it was done in the old days. No it is not. Every generation of immigrant has added things to make this country great and what it is. I am a big fan of the old "School house rock" and in one of the songs it says isn't great to be American and something else too. I am proud to be an American, but I am equally proud of my Irish, Italian, German and Pennsylvania Dutch heritage too. My daughter should be able to say she is Liberian American or American of Liberian birth with out narrow minded people putting her down.
I did send an email back to said relative telling her as nicely as possible to not send me such narrow minded nonsense. If she believes it good for her, but I want my daughter to be proud of who and what she is. Of course by tomorrow my grandmother will likely hear what an ungrateful child I am, but my Nana knows me and knows how I feel.
Thanks for letting me get this out.
Sherry