From Samuel Huntington's highly controversial "Who Are We?" to the
urgent appeal of Naomi Wolf's "The End of America," Americans are
increasingly reflecting on questions of democracy,
multiculturalism, and national identity. Yet such debates take
place largely at the level of elites, leaving out ordinary American
citizens, who have much to offer about the lived reality behind the
phrase, "I am an American." Cynthia Weber set out on a journey
across post-9/11 America in search of a deeper understanding of
what it means to be an American today. The result is this brave and
captivating memoir that gives a voice to ordinary citizens for whom
the terrorist attacks of 2001--and their lingering aftermath--live
on in collective memory. Heartrending first-person testimonials
reveal how the ongoing fear of terrorists and immigrants has
betrayed America's core values of fairness and equality, which have
been further weakened by polarizing international and domestic
responses. Considered together, these portraits also provide a
sharp contrast to the idealized vision of Americanness frequently
spun by media and politicians.
Far more than a mere remembrance book about September 11, '"I am
an American' "offers precisely the kind of ground-level empathy
needed to reignite a meaningful national debate about who we are
and who we might become as a people and a nation.
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