The American people have a serious identity crisis. It’s rare while in the country to hear someone say that they are American. People say that they are Irish, Scottish, German, Italian, African, English, West Indian, etc. Often people are a combination of these. For black Americans it becomes even more complicated. Many want to identify as African but others would never dream of such a thing because it’s so foreign to them. I …showed first 75 words of 2308 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2308 total…to those of Cape Verdean descent. Most of those she meets become like brothers to her. It’s like family. Even in these times we see that people are so set in the ways that they think and believe it’s difficult to change this. All in all it’s the exceptance of black that keeps them going. Today is anyone said I’m not black I’m West Indian they would look really crazy.