According to the readings and films, we see that the description of a citizen and the citizenship process was created by the white people. This system was created to benefit the Europeans because back then the being “white” was considered the ideal American. This system favored the Europeans and an example of this would be the questionnaire Asians would have to fill out to prove their loyalty to this country. The Europeans did not have to do this questionnaire and this proves how the system favored Europeans and treated other minorities different. Today I feel anyone can acquire a citizenship but to be considered a citizen you’d have to contribute to your country and live under the country’s rules. When I say contribute to the country an example of that would be paying taxes or getting a job. This what I feel a citizen should be considered as, although a lot of people do these things but aren’t considered a citizen and is treated unfairly. This is a fault of our country and hopefully we can see change in the neat future.
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