Call Her American

“Word Garden Needs Weeding to Blossom,” by R. Venable de Rodriguez (Commentary, April 3), is another ethnocentric tirade against “Americans” of the U.S. regarding the name of our country. It charges racism, imperialism, arrogance and ignorance. How tired I am of these ethnic studies majors, history- and geography-impaired, perpetrating petty anti-American propaganda disguised as teaching tolerance.

I’ll continue to think of myself as an American until Brazil, Chile, Argentina, etc., unite to form the republic of the United States of (Latin or South?) America. Likewise with Central America. The primary component of Venable de Rodriguez’s “word garden” is fertilizer!

DEBORAH

HERNANDEZ ROGERS

Oceanside