My ancestors (i hesitate to even call them such) came to this land centuries ago they came with nothing hoping to start a new life but this is not about my proud heritage not about immigrants following the American Dream (Nightmare would be more accurate)
No my ancestors my White Anglo Saxon Protestant ancestors descended upon this pristine landmass like so many parasitic WASPs injecting their prey (the people, the land) with venom laying their eggs that would **** the hosts upon hatching
No my ancestors who helped perpetrate an ethnic cleansing the likes of which 20th century fascists could only dream of did so under the title of Manifest Destiny divine right their religion masking opportunistic genocide
No my ancestors laid the foundation for the greatest country in the world where ALL (White, English, Heteronormative, Cisnormative, Land-owning, Slave-Owning, Women Hating , Native-American-Murdering, Capitalistic, Perverted) MEN are created equal
No my ancestors partook in genocide condoned slavery oppressed women (and every other divergent identity) destroyed the environment and did so with such arrogance such unheard of righteousness
No my ancestors were the lifeblood of America the lifeblood of oppression and that blood runs through my veins the screams of American-Indian Warriors of African Slaves of Women labeled Witches and Gays and People of Color and anyone who opposed the hideous behemoth, anyone who dared to be different