It's all good, man. I know what you mean. I enjoy my cultural heritage, but there's no need to feel detatched. I mean I have cherokee blood in me, and Andrew Jackson was the biggest dick in the world to the Cherokees. But that doesn't make me hate my country, because America is more than what one man does in history. It's what we do collectively.

My roots are that of an American. A citizen who's country was founded on new, enlightening ideals, not some fatass king telling you when to jump and how high. The country that abolished slavery in it's own system faster than any other nation in history. That persued and destroyed blatant racism with vigorous brutality.

I love my country, and I love what it's roots stand for. That is my heritage.
Nylo Reviewed by Nylo on . Americans detached from culture and spirituality Hey guys. I'm writing this because, like many young Americans with highly mixed ancestories living in contemporary culture, I feel sort of empty when I hear some of my friends talk about the closeness they feel to their culture; mostly my friend of Mexican heritage, and right now I'm reading a book about the Apache people. This ties in closely with spirituality and our separation from it as a society, as I see it. I've discovered a sort of optimistic viewpoint on this 'problem' (it's not Rating: 5