There's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in you, you're black.
All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.
Not disown my past or upbringing, but I'd admired American actors, really American movie star - particularly the rebel heroes of the '50s.
Don't get me wrong - I'm a big fan of things American - but when American people do British stuff, it's so universally dreadful.
So the America I came to know growing up was filled with all the excitement and possibilities found in living the American dream.
To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote.
Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no proper claim on the rights Americans accord one another.
Detroit is really a model for how wealthier and whiter Americans escape the costs of public goods they'd otherwise share with poorer and darker Americans.
I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or not.
I don't accept the status quo. I do accept Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.
People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' as an English band but I've clung to my American-ness all the way.
Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not raise taxes on middle-income Americans.
The goal of re-importation is to provide American consumers with access to drugs at the world market price - not the inflated price now paid only by Americans.
I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country.
I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan.
In the minds of many Americans, if you are a radical Democrat or a Socialist, you are automatically a Communist. And if you are a Communist, then therefore you are an anti-American person and a person who is not a patriot. But nothing is further from...
Courage is chief among virtues. For when any virtue is challenged, it is courage alone that can restore virtue.
Guns are part of the American psyche, aren't they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It's intrinsic to the American psyche. It's never going to change.
I love Caribbean food. It's a great melting pot of so many cultures including the Native Americans.
Freedom is the core of all human progress. It believes that nothing's given to us, but if you're willing to work hard. If you're willing to compete, the American dream is there for you.
Our port facilities should have the freedom to levy a market-based container fee which will provide new revenue and make our system more equitable to the American taxpayer and American manufacturers.
