North American Citizen

Throughout the year, the class and I have read several texts written by North American writers. By reading these texts, I have attained a better understanding of my role as a United States citizen. Out of all the texts that I have read, three of them stick out to me that give me a better understanding. The three texts that stick out to me are George Washington’s Farewell Address, John F. Kennedy’s Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, and Dennis Kearny and H. L. Knight’s Appeal from California. The Chinese Invasion. Workingman’s Address. The reason why these texts give me a better understanding of my role as a citizen of the United States is because the texts address to liberty, religion, and economic standards. In George …show more content…
Kennedy’s Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, he bespeaks that religion should not be controlling the government, but the people of the church that attend services should have a say as to what goes on in the government. “It is apparently necessary for me to state once again – not what kind of church I believe in, for that should only be important to me – but what kind of America I believe in.”(Kennedy, pg. 487) This statement indicates that as a United States citizen, I should not allow my church to tell the government what to do, but instead I should have my own say of what the government should do in order to have the America I believe in. The church that I believe in should be of my own importance and not the government’s nor the country’s importance of the sec of religion or what religion I believe in as a United States citizen. Although religion is an importance among most United States citizens, there is also the talk of segregation amongst the people of rich and poor working …show more content…
Kennedy, and Appeal to California The Chinese Invasion Workingman’s Address by Dennis Kearny and H. L. Knight. When it comes to liberty, I know as a United States citizen that the Constitution gives me the power to govern to live how I want as long as I live by the law of the Constitution and respect other person(s) and other person(s) property. When the topic of religion is brought to discussion in the government, I know as a United States citizen that the church does not have control of what is done by the government, however, I have a say as to what can be done by the government and not have my sec of religion affect that say. When the economical standards are abroad discussing, I know as a United States citizen that being in a lower class of the rich class, the standards have racial and gender gaps of pay that can be fixed only in the rich class if it were to be