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Is there really a true "american"?
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Sakkara L., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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I wrote this essay with the intended goal of explaining the idea that even though America is "ideal" there is an unspoken animosity against specific communities. Prejudice and ignorance need to be ...
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immigration
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racial justice
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What's to Be Done?
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Claire R., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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In America, there are those who are affluent and those who are not. I am just one person but I speak for many when I say I lived a less affluent life as a child, and will likely experience being im...
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poverty
Have American Values Changed?
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MalinaW, Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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Look at the larger picture to acknowledge, through the generations, how customs and values came to be and can be tied back to the idea that America’s composed of individuals, with their own ethnici...
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A Country of Immigrants
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Maria P., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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Through the experiences of talking to my mother, who was born and raised and Ukraine, I came to learn an important lesson on what it means to be "American".
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OPPORTUNITY
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ALYSSA S., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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To me, being an American means creating your own story.
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education
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How the American Creed is different for immigrants?
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Andra N., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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Audio interview of someone who immigrated here from Romania and their outlook on the American Creed.
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