Right on Teresita – As per Morrissey in ” America Is Not the World”- “But when the President is never black, female or gay/And until that day/You’ve got nothing to say to me/To help me believe.” – Course that song is a LOVE song by an expat to his new country – it’s all about ambiv response to an open but troubled society…- Your comment reminded me of my own familial situation – spoke before here re raising a little Brother who will LOVE his country. Re those myths Wretch – it do get complicated. – My boy likes “Dixie” – Not sure I’ll encourage him to sing that Out as we walk down 125th St. in Harlem! But if it happens…ANd I’ll encourage him to sing “Big River” with me anywhere along with Alan Jackson’s latest – “Small Town Southern Man.” – If you get a chance – try Hans Koning’s 70′s book debunking Columbus – It might win you over even though you’d begin in resistance. – I actually think the truth about Colum – now THERE was a hustler – beats Sam Eliot Morrison mythos. What the hey – No point in celebrating Conquistadors OR human sacrificers – but that great Catholic priest who resisted the killing back then? He was for the Ages and he should be one of your faves!!