What I Pledge Allegiance To By Kiese Laymon

In the article, “What I Pledge Allegiance To” by Kiese Laymon. American people are blind when they see injustice and condemn people who question how this country is being run. If we can all learn to accept people ideas and believe we can move forward as a nation.Every American is born with a right to free speech, which should give the person the chance to speak their respective mind without the fear of prosecution. It is our social responsibility to keep hate from infecting this nation, we need to understand that if we accept every type of person who lives in the United States. We can address the problems we face as human beings, we can move forward to a better future for this country.

For some Americans they find this the greatest country on earth, where they grew up without the fear of hate, not having a fear of their religion or skin color. Being American means many things to many people. Most do not share the same values or beliefs, So it is easy to say “I Love The U.S.A” (Laymon,Pledge) when some people have had a life without persecution for their skin color. So when someone who doesn’t love or agree with the American

Cultural Appropriation is a problem because we do not choose to accept other people livelihoods. “ cultural appropriation typically involves members of a dominant group exploiting the culture of less privileged groups.” (Little, Cultural). That is the society we live in today, we do not want to understand other cultures, race, and ideas. It is like when our mothers say don’t judge a book by its cover, it is the most important lesson we can all learn in this lifetime. When a dominant group is comfortable, it is easy to dismiss the less privileged problems because it isn’t the reality they face. America shouldn’t be based on dominant and dominant, it should be recognized as one