by Patrick C\u0103linescu<\/p>\n
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\nFriend: \u2026 all I\u2019m saying is\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 \u201call\u201d you\u2019re saying?!<\/p>\n
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Friend: Yes!<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: So in your opinion, which is \u201call\u201d you\u2019re really saying, I\u2019m not entitled to feeling as American as you\u2019re entitled to feeling just because, unlike you, none of my ancestors\u2014let alone myself\u2014hail from Europe?!<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 well\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: So in your opinion, which is \u201call\u201d you\u2019re bloody saying, I can\u2019t possibly be as American as you obviously can possibly be just because I\u2019m of Asian descent?<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 well\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: So in your opinion, which is \u201call\u201d you\u2019re really saying, one\u2019s authentic Americanness depends solely on one\u2019s continent of origin?<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 well\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: And one\u2019s continent of origin is one\u2019s dosage of Americanness?<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 well\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: And who determines which continent gives one the purest dosage of Americanness\u2014and which doesn\u2019t?<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 tradition?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: Tradition?!<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: So in your opinion, which is \u201call\u201d you\u2019re bloody saying, the continent of Europe is the purest continent to give one Americanness, though, traditionally, Europe has never been part of America, while the continent of Asia is not the purest continent to give one Americanness, though, also traditionally, Asia has also never been part of America\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 well, tradition\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: But does it even make sense?<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 historically, yes\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: But it\u2019s not fair!<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 well\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: I mean, you\u2019re only a two-generation American. You were born in America, but your parents weren\u2019t!<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 true, yes\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: Thank you!<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 de nada?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: Sure! Why not? Your Castilian roots are still strong in you, which is good!<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 thank you?<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: De nada!<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 while you\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: Yes! While you\u2019re only a two-generation American, I\u2019m a four-generation American! I was born in America, my parents were born in America, even my grand-parents were born in America! My great grand-parents were born in China, but they were much younger than your parents were when they came to America. So I\u2019m twice as American as you are! My kin has been American for twice as long as yours has!<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 true, still\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: Still what, my friend?<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 tradition\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: What about it, my friend?<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 nothing, just\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: Just what, buddy, huh?<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 well, maybe\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: Maybe nothing!<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 okay\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: Maybe nothing, buddy! Maybe nothing!\u2026 I\u2019m just sick and tired of all this tradition thing! Actually\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 actually, if ever I were to become the President\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 my administration will begin to govern by signing certain realities out of law\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 such as\u2014of course\u2014\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 the reality which certifies the existence of everything racial\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 and\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 the reality which certifies the existence of everything related to the prejudice that arbitrarily separates the American society, upon which the American nation is uniquely based, between artificially instituted communities dubbed \u201cmajority\u201d\u2014on the one hand\u2014, and \u201cminorities\u201d\u2014on the other hand\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: As President of the United States of America, as a four-generation American\u2014as a true blue Yank\u2014, I shall immediately sign these realities out of law\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 because I wholeheartedly want the United States of America to become, at long last, the genuinely exceptional nation which it has always believed it is\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: A nation which, though inherently diverse, shall be so humanly, not racially\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: A nation with no orbiting \u201cminorities\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 and\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 a nation with no orbited \u201cmajority\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes? \u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: A nation monolithically American\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 but\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 a nation\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 yes?\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: \u2026 which the United States of America will never become\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 because you\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: Yes! Because you have actually thought that I would be capable of signing into law something which, though in principle fundamentally good, is very likely to go against everything this nation, which I therefore cannot improve, stands for: the freedom, reigning supreme, to be even bad\u2026<\/p>\n
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Friend: \u2026 oh\u2026<\/p>\n
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Bill Bao: Indeed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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