Letter to the Editor
University of Chicago Magazine
March/April 2007, Volume 99, Issue 4
Who’s an american?
My family came to America at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1609 and at Plimoth Plantation, Massachusetts, in 1620. As old immigrants (“Fenced Out,” Jan–Feb/07), we offer the following credo to the new immigrants from then, to the present, and into the future:
No matter where people come from, if they behave themselves, work hard, and respect our history and culture, they are Americans. And if we behave ourselves, work hard, and respect their history and culture, we are Americans too.
James A. Rogerson, AM’69, PhD’80
Charlotte, North Carolina
Monday, March 26, 2007
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