Am I an American?

Am I an American?I’m—just – anIrish, Negro, Jewish, Italian,French and English, Spanish, Russian,Chinese, Polish, Scotch, Hungarian,Litvak, Swedish, Finnish, Canadian,Greek and Turk, and CzechAnd double-Czech American.And that ain’t all,
I was baptizedBaptist, Methodist, Congregationalist,Lutheran, Atheist, Roman Catholic,Orthodox Jewish, Presbyterian,Seventh-Day Adventist, Mormon, Quaker,Christian Scientist--and lots more!

Writer, lyricist John Latouche, 1940

Saswat Pattanayak

Independent journalist, media educator, photographer and filmmaker. Based in New York. Always from Bhubaneswar.

https://saswat.com
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