Anna Kasparian

Right.

Where people come here and they...

they don't see themselves as Americans.

They're born here.

They don't see themselves as Americans.

They kind of see this as like the land of opportunity.

But they think my identity is not an American.

My identity is I'm white, I'm black, I'm Latino, I'm Armenian, whatever.

And you kind of like segregate yourself into these like high school like cliques where everyone else is your enemy, right?

And it's, you can't be thinking about Americans that way.

There has to be something that bonds us together, an identity that brings us together.

And that identity is that we are Americans.

Exactly.

We should want to see this country thrive.

And I think a lot of people who do immigrate to this country want to see this country thrive.

They love this country and they hate what has happened to their country, right?

The freedoms that they were not afforded in their country of origin.

But make no mistake about it.

If you are here and you think, well, I'm just here to reap the benefits of what this country offers, but I don't really care about the American identity or experience.

I just... Then you don't get it.