Irish Conversation in American Midwest #1
Don’t Say You’re Not American
-What did you just say?
-I said, “Because I’m not American, sometimes the…”
-Don’t ever say that
-Say what?
-That you’re not American
-I’m not American
-Don’t say that
-Why not?
-Everybody here is American
-I’m not
-Don’t say that; don’t let people tell you that
-They don’t - they can usually…
-People used to tell me I wasn’t American, because my family is Italian, but they don’t have the right to say that. You are as American as everybody in this room
-Everybody else in this room is American
-And so are you
-I’m not really
-You are American
-Em, no…
-Yes you are and I get very annoyed when I hear people tell others that they’re not American
-I don’t have that problem
-You need to stand up for yourself
-I do?
-Yes. This is a great country. It doesn’t matter where your family is from, you need to assert yourself. You’re as American as I am. Nobody gets to take that away from you
-I thought you said you were from Scicily
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