A Different Perspective
Melodie Lettkeman

Raising a glass (of Coke)

Posted Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at 12:57 PM
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  • Except that this kind of pride comes from an acknowledgement of what your ancestors went through so you could be here today.

    So I'm proud to be related to those Letkemanns.

    -- Posted by lilmissmelmo on Tue, Feb 4, 2014, at 4:50 PM
  • I had mixed feelings about that commercial. America used to be a melting pot. Now, we are hyphenated. My ancestors came from Sweden, England, Ireland and Germany.

    I love reading your points of view. Keep sharing.

    -- Posted by KH Gal on Tue, Feb 4, 2014, at 9:55 PM
  • Thanks KH!

    You make a good point, and I think that need to hyphenated and categorize comes from a fear within the larger movement that any non-anglo consider themselves "just American". It is why i hate calling people "African American", if i used that term, ever, i would have really screwed up around my friends from Cuba and Haiti, since they are very not African.

    The rest of us just got caught in the wake. Pride for family heritage does not have to mean one is a -American. But that commercial said to me that we are all Americans, and that America is beautiful in any and every language.

    In fact, I was only insulted that so many people who were outraged were calling the song our National Anthem. So insulting, particularly the ones I saw who were long time service members.

    -- Posted by lilmissmelmo on Wed, Feb 5, 2014, at 9:11 AM
  • DIDNT WATCH ANY OF IT...........But would like to say we are all americans.........hypen's be darned

    we could do without them......but we won't......... we are uncomfortable without them..............that's a ashame.

    -- Posted by lamont on Wed, Feb 5, 2014, at 10:26 PM
  • My ancestors came from multiple countries and some were American Indian and so were already here. I'm part of the melting pot and proud of it. Sorry, KH Gal but the melting pot doesn't not exist because you object to hyphens.

    I liked the commercial as well, if I would have seen it. I missed the game although my favorite team won.

    -- Posted by Sam_1776 on Thu, Feb 6, 2014, at 8:04 AM
  • Hyphen or No Hyphen we are all Americans and we come in many colors and with many languages!

    I watched the game and enjoyed the commercials.

    Half time was great with Bruno Mars and the RHCP although they faked playing their guitars. lol!

    -- Posted by MsMarylin on Thu, Feb 6, 2014, at 11:35 AM
  • IT WEAS TO COLD OUTSIDE MS M........SMILE .......AND IT WAS.But when you get paid what he did you do what you got to do........later

    -- Posted by lamont on Thu, Feb 6, 2014, at 5:20 PM
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    None of us had anything to do with where we were plunked down on the face of the earth; however, it seems that in those of us lucky enough to have shared a life with parents, grandparents or great grandparents, a decision to respect or admire or pay tribute (or not) to those people in our family histories comes naturally and sensibly. More naturally and sensibly than being compelled as a kindergartener to recite a pledge of allegiance to a government.

    -- Posted by Dave Thompson on Fri, Feb 14, 2014, at 7:25 AM
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