Comments on: The “real” America

By: dave

dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:05 +0000

suck it up, its not racist he did say “Unfortunately, it's not as good as it sounds as he is black. ”

Your own president wasn't born in America. Stop being so PC that is borderlines on stupidity.

By: sethlevine

sethlevine — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:52:06 +0000

thanks scott!

By: Scott Caruso

Scott Caruso — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:49:18 +0000

Good post Seth. This is clearly personal and I applaud your courage to make a public statement.

By: Andrew Tschesnok

Andrew Tschesnok — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:13:43 +0000

Thanks for that post. When I read about the marathon in the NY Times I read the name, saw the picture of the victory and my first thought was “did he get citizenship for being an elite runner?” Then I noticed that he came here at 11. I was like “Yeah,.. a real American like me!”
I came here when I was 14 and started running in High School at 16. I ran varsity in College. I was All New England and I was an American runner because America let me shine as an athlete where Germany never did.
I'm appalled at Rovell. Unfortunately some of the dumbest Americans where born here – which makes sense – it does not take skill and determination to stay in the same place you were born.

By: Roy Kaller

Roy Kaller — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:25:43 +0000

Agreed! He was the only “native”, the rest of us were “newbies”. His stories of his family's proud service as Marines, including as Codetalkers, and the systematic efforts to extinguish the culture by removing the children from the reservation was sobering. His complete lack of outward bitterness was also a lesson for us newbies.

By: Brendan Lally

Brendan Lally — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:54:20 +0000

Roy,

I doubt that the Navaho's would consider this country to be 200yrs old!
from an Irish immigrant thats now a US Citizen

By: sethlevine

sethlevine — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:51:05 +0000

i completely agree.

By: Wiseclam

Wiseclam — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:38 +0000

Would Rovell make the same pronouncement about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger? Does he see Madeleine Albright as merely “technically American”? Henry Kissinger? If not one has to wonder why. Skin color may explain it.

By: Will Cole

Will Cole — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:08:59 +0000

I agree that this is appalling, and it's sad that Rovell doesn't understand what an American is. However, I don't see any racism in the comment. Just an idiot.

By: sethlevine

sethlevine — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:28:06 +0000

itâs a shame that we donât value the contributions of non-americans. more posts on this soonâ¦