RISE OF THE NACIREMA
Many People think that being American is some kind of newly created human race. They believe that you can be 100% American when in reality you can never be, and those who claim to be 100% (main stream white middle class Christians) criticize those who have cultured families of other countries or religions. The idea that America was founded on was for it to be a huge “tossed salad” of various ingredients. It was supposed to a place where people of different race, ethnicity, culture, and social conduct could live together side by side. This is the real America, however the main stream would have you believe America is a melting pot, and that everyone should adopt the values and ideas of main stream. Instead of being judged and looked down upon as non American we, the racial and cultural minorities of the United States, have taken the Nacirema as a symbol of being a proud cultured American. If the main stream, mostly white Christians, is going to accuse the racial and cultural minorities of not being full pledged Americans then I guess I for one am just backwards in my values, so our new name will be american backwards. We have taken the name as a boycott, to bring pride to all the social, cultural, and racial minorities and to bring understanding throughout the United States.

-Mike “Nacirema” Preciado-