New American

250 years after independence, who gets to be American?

I was naturalized as an American citizen on June 8th, 2018. The day, though significant, is hazy in my memory, sandwiched between trips to D.C. and Chicago for work. There was a brief court ceremony in the morning during which I recall sitting in a room full of similarly relieved and joyful people, all of us betting our futures on this great American pr…