Briahna Joy Gray

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224 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 4 Aug

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Piers Morgan Uncensored · "PROUD To Be American!" Piers Morgan’s USA 250 Anniversary Debate · 3 Jul 2026 podcast

There's been a lot of talk about the Founding Fathers, but birthright citizenship comes from the 14th Amendment, which was established after the Civil War to give black Americans who had been brought here via chattel slavery citizenship rights in the country that they had been brought to against their will.

The Statue of Liberty, a symbol that has become synonymous with immigration rights, was actually gifted by France to the United States to commemorate the end of slavery.

So understandably, my feelings about this country to which I was brought, my ancestors were brought as slaves, is complicated.

But I think what's beautiful about America, the promise of America, is that it can become a more perfect union.

That's what the preamble to the Constitution says.

asks of us to continue to endeavor to become better.

And while I think it's healthy and good to have pride in one's country, I lived overseas as a kid and found myself defending America from all kinds of insults all the time.

I have a deep cultural affection for this country.

My whole culture of people was invented and formed and is uniquely American, as a black American.

I think that it would be a mistake to stop endeavoring to make the country better and to live up to the promise of its ideals.

You know, it's really hard, Pierce, right now when our country is synonymous with executing a genocide that has killed hundreds of thousands of people on the other side of the world.

So there are aspects of being an American that I am very proud of.

Uh, not in particular.

I mean, to me, it wasn't... Barack Obama had deep flaws and failings, including executing a drone war and being the... So, which president were you proud to be an American under?

I think that my pride in being American has less to do with our political leadership, which is often very disappointing.

Well, give me a time period when you were proud to be an American.

I'm proud in relationship to my fellow countrymen.

Every single day of my life, there are moments that I'm proud to be an American.

That's not the same.

What's not the same?

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