tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post3781262617218007523..comments2024-03-01T10:16:11.283-08:00Comments on AmericanStudies: April 12, 2011: What Would Change 1, LanguageAmericanStudierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-48995307674790934202014-11-12T07:55:21.382-08:002014-11-12T07:55:21.382-08:00First, a note: Roland emailed me to amend this com...First, a note: Roland emailed me to amend this comment: he meant to say "hundreds of Native American *languages*" in the second paragraph.<br /><br />Second, thanks very much for these thoughts, Roland. My "we" in that last paragraph is meant to suggest our national communal conversations and memories--how we Americans, collectively, think about our past, our identity, our community. Those are never monolithic conversations, of course, but I think we do engage with these issues collectively, as a nation, and one of my central and lifelong goals is to impact those collective conversations and memories in one way or another.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />BenAmericanStudierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-91389876813764894682014-11-11T06:06:56.148-08:002014-11-11T06:06:56.148-08:00Dear Ben and fellow bloggers,
Hello. I'm a s...Dear Ben and fellow bloggers,<br /><br />Hello. I'm a student. Never even heard of the word XENOPHOBIA (or maybe I should say I don't remember hearing and learning it in the past growing up), so thanks for that lesson from paragraph one.<br /><br />I also never knew or learned in school that there were literally hundreds of Native American existing across the continent, before "...legally establishing English as our national language" using your words from paragraph two. (Sad for us as a nation to loose touch with that rich and diverse background, wouldn't you say?)<br /><br />"... if we redefined American identity through the lens of cross-cultural transformation..." Ok: So you Ben are the book's author; the 'source'... who are you referring to when you say here "WE redefined American identity"? I'm confident that it's it is clear to you, but it's not clear to me, and I want it to be clear before I move forward.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Roland A. Gibson, Jr.<br />FSU IDIS MajorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com