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I notice that in the graph about immigration law perceptions, respondents had slightly different answers depending on the country/region. I wonder how this graph might look different at different points in America's history.

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This year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women's constitutional right to vote.  In that light, I find this quote by Rosemary Bray very poignant. "When people wrote "All men are created equal," they really meant men; but they didn't mean any other men except white men who owned land. That's what they meant. But because the ideas are powerful, there's no way that they could get away with holding to that. It's not possible when you have an idea that's as powerful and as revolutionary as a country founded on the idea that just because you're in the world, just because you're here, you have a right to certain things that are common to all humanity. That's really what we say in those documents"

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I believe that the way how those people managed to succeed is really impressive since they demonstrate that if you wanna achieve your goals you must to work hard and never give up 

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I believe that the way how those people managed to succeed is really impressive since they demonstrate that if you wanna achieve your goals you must to work hard and never give up 

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I read a story on a woman who organized a peaceful protest on the Black Lives Matter movement in Mississippi. She gathered many people of various backgrounds and they fought for justice in an area with a dark racial past. This showed that change is possible, even when unexpected.

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If you work hard, you get good things in life. —José, college student/roofer; immigrant without legal status in Tulsa, Oklahoma (born in Mexico) I thought it was interesting that most people said that being American means being welcoming and valuing hard work even though many of these people grew up in very different places across the country.

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I read a story about how the world should change for the better and how we need to be more kind and thoughtful to one and other. I agree with this and I think if we do this it will be good for the next generation.

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A story that got my attention was one about switching jobs in the pandemic and how scary it was to have to keep up with bills while jobs were scarce. I was amazed when they took the risk for a harder job with better pay and got it to support their family. It shows that if you have enough dedication towards your goals that you can achieve them.

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"If you work hard, you get good things in life. —José, college student/roofer; immigrant without legal status in Tulsa, Oklahoma (born in Mexico)" I think I found this interesting because it says a lot about being an american from another place. If you work hard and work for the dream life your going to get it. I think this because america give a lot of people from other countries chances to start a new journey or life being an american.

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I agree with this comment because I think it is true that this country was built on the belief that every human being living in America deserves the same rights and freedoms. I think at first, when we said "All men are created equal", it wasn't very true due to all the discrimination to anyone other than a white male, but as our civilization grew, I believe our perspectives have shifted and we've realized that we all really are as one and deserve the same opportunities.

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I read the story of a mom working 9-5 shifts everyday and then coming home from work to all of her kids. She talks about how she loves it and even though it is a lot of work she would never trade it for anything. Shes teaching her kids how to be hardworkers and is hopeful they will follow in her footsteps.

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In the article Vicente Martinez talks about how the american dream has no meaning to them, but it does to me. I think the american dream has changed a lot over the generations of people, I believe the american  dream is that anyone can make a life for themselves. Even though that doesn't always  happen now it is my definition of the american dream.
A lot of the people talk about how you have to respect others and anyone can be an american.

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something that i found interesting is that they did not have nothing in common but they all had something to say and what they said had good points but what i agreed with the most is "Being American means protection by the law. Anyone can say whatever they want and, even if I don’t agree with them, they’re still protected by the law it’s my job to enforce. That’s their freedom. That’s their right. —Sean Larkin, 40, sergeant with Tulsa Police Department’s gang unit in Tulsa, Oklahoma (born in Virginia)" because it had the strongest resaplence to what i saw all that time i have been in america.

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Do- It's incredible how everyone can be united and support each others with changes. It's shown that anything is possible if you work hard for it and that you can achieve the impossible if you're dedicated enough

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The story I read was about a lady who went on a segregated bus, with only 10 dollars to her name. The bus terminal had rooms for rent. The land lord then showed her room. And said "this is good enough for your kind". this shattered her dreams of escaping and get a better life.

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¨Being American is making a change, and making good changes. Being American is being welcoming, being caring about other people, being proud of the country. And it’s forgiveness. It’s not holding grudges on anything—I mean, where’s that going to get you? —Natalie Villafranca, 14, in Texas (born in Dallas)¨ they show how proud they are to be american and having different backgrounds and they work hard and welcome others

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I noticed that Canada and Mexico had a 22% increase of immigrants entering the U.S using identified options as both decreases but one is higher than the other so it makes me wonder they had more people entering Canada illegally in the beginning and now it's the same for the rest of Canada history.

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I read a story about a woman who is a marine biologist that shares about how much she loves her job and all the projects she is working on. Even though it's hard sometimes because she is a woman.

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I read a story about a Woman who was driving distracted and ended up killing a kid who was on a bicycle. Instead of trying to forget about it, she would go around the country preaching others to not drive distracted. This type of behavior just shows how much regret and remorse she felt for what she did, and this unfortunate accident led her to start doing something positive for the world.

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I think they show how any one can be an american and have the opportunity for greatness.  You just gotta work hard and stay at it and eventually you'll get were your wanting to go.

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I read a story about someone in Clifton high school who raised over 600 signatures to make Eid al-Adha as a public school holiday. After getting signatures and writing about it March 9, 2016, the Clifton Board of Education declared Eid Al-Adha a public school holiday.

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I read a story about a woman that grows up in a Catholic family and goes to a Catholic school her whole life. But that even though this was her faith since she was born, she was taught to have beliefs in the world. She was told she has a right to her own faith, and own opinions. This caught my attention because for growing up in her atmosphere with many rules to follow and people to listen to, they do not force anything upon her. Her parents showed how to give their daughter the freedom of choice.

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I read about a women who has young children and also works as a nurse and has to balance both of them by herself. What caught my attention was that she worked a 9-5 job as a nurse then came home and worked a 5-9 job as a mom. She said the she never got alone time or time to relax but she didn't care because no matter how tired she was, no matter how much she just wanted to give up, she was never going to because she was showing her kids what hard work was and she worked towards making sure her children had everything they needed and were happy.

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The phrase "The American Dream has no meaning for me. What it was founded on, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, in many ways I feel are used as billy clubs against minorities and cultural minorities, whether they be gay, or different in any way from the norm in this country". —Vicente Martinez. I believe they were not created to do that to those people. But has shifted do to many different opinions about whats normal and not normal. everyone has the ability to say what they want. And can stand up against it.

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I read a story about someone who said that work means giving your all no matter the circumstance and even if you fail at something you have to get up and try again. I think this is important because it shows how being determined can get you far in life.

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I agree with most of the things said. It doesn't matter what you look like or what your background is, America is a community. Everyone deserves the same amount of freedoms and rights as the next person. I found it interesting that every response was about making change to include everyone.

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¨If you work hard, you get good things in life.¨ —José, college student/roofer; immigrant without legal status in Tulsa, Oklahoma (born in Mexico). This comment stuck out to me because to have the ¨American dream¨ you need to have money to be able to afford your dreams and to be able to live comfortably

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i noticed that being american is 90% of treating people with equality. and Mexico had about 20% increase of immigrants entering and more countries out their like the ethiopia or the whole off africa. America is one off the biggest countries out there that immigrants are going to, which shows you that America treats people like people in stead of acting like there better than otheres.

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the story that got my attention was the one about the guy who took a Dna test to find out who is biological father is and what happened to his mom's family. When i read this story i felt bad for him because he obviously deserves to know the truth about what happened, and this shows that he really cares and he's willing to do whatever it takes to find out the truth and this shows he's eager and dedicated and this is what it means to be an American.

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i strongly agree with this comment because the purpose of being american was they build up and made this country with the "belief" of making people all equal and giving opportunities to everyone. every time we all hear about people having "equal right" and people should have more opportunities but the only thing people do is descriminated people and not being equal nor giving the chances to make not only themselfs better and make this country a better place. all american deserves the same rights, equallity, and freedoms. people talking about freedom, equality and giving more chances wasnt as true because of all the descrimination americans, and not only americans, everyone in general, wowens mainly because they used to give us less rights, and descrimiinated us because we are womans, people always think we couldnt do a mens work...

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"respondents also said the ability to accept people of different racial backgrounds (81%) and religious backgrounds (78%) were important traits to be a “real American.”GCNP results showing 78-90% of respondents believe a "real American" believes in treating people equally"

I think this means most Americans hold really good true values to their hearts, pushing the ethics and integrity of the citizens that call America their home.

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I noticed when asked what does it mean to be a real american 90 percent of the people said being treated equally. And that another 88 percent said to take responsibility for ones action. Followed by 81 percent of the people saying to accept them for there different racial background. This shows that we all want to treat each other respectfully and equally.

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I found the story about the signal parent because my mom is a signal parent and i now that it is hard because i now what my mom has been through i picked that because of that and give signal parents the most respect because i now its hard to take care off a kid but 2 is the most hardest.

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¨The majority of respondents said believing in treating people equally (90%) followed by taking personal responsibility for one’s actions (88%) were the two most frequently identified traits.¨ I think that being respectful is what America should be about and having the right to do things.

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I read a story about being American is being free, it doesn't matter if you speak english or not, it doesn't matter what you look like, you're still American.

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"I want all girls, especially girls of color, to know that they can be a part of science. And more than that, they can be leaders in science. I want them to know that, because I know that I am America. That I am science. I’m just the part that people refuse to recognize." I agreed with this because I feel like everyone should be given a chance to achieve their goals despite their race or gender.