Carrol Cox wrote:
>It took quite awhile for Pennsylvanians, Georgians, Virginians, etc. to
>begin to idenfity as "americans." One would expect that (whatever the
>origins) after 70 years or so those who were labelled as "citizens of
>Iraq" would begin to see Iraq as real and themselves as Iraqis. It was
>happening, I believe, in Yugoslavia until various external powers tore
>it apart after the death of Tito. The process _may_, however, require
>civil war as a rite of passage. And a people can't have a healthy civil
>war if outside powers keep interfering.
>
Riverbend seems to identify as an Iraqi.
Joanna
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