hyphenated twentysomething

Saturday, April 29, 2006

A Follow Up...

Earlier I had posted about a poll that revealed that more Americans can name all The Simpsons characters than the five freedoms from the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. Well here's a great comic strip that I found that captures the exact feeling of disappointment and well, concern for our fellow citizens and really the state of our country. If the results are to be believed at all (of course all polls are biased and contain a margin of error to a certain extent as we know), can you imagine if this were to become a standard question on citizenship tests for immigrants? If current citizens, both naturalized and permanent, have trouble answering this, would those seeking citizenship, especially those with little education and little to no English skills, be able to answer this? More importantly, what right do those (i.e. citizens who don't know even know their 5 freedoms) have to complain about immigrants and their right to become Americans, when they, themselves, don't know what freedoms and rights they have?

From the New Standard, where else (sorry, click on the link to the left or the comic for a bigger image, and well, to read it!):

posted by payal @ 9:32 PM

Our mission with the blog is not simply to express our thoughts as proud hyphenated Americans, but also to help us navigate through the real world, as we will be skimming the surface of adulthood for the next few years. Essentially, it is an open medium for our ideas, criticisms, feelings, thoughts, and opinions relating to our identities, our South Asian culture, our education, our careers, our future, our dreams, and the world around us. We invite you to join us in this journey, we like to call the twentysomething years and take part in our discussions.