My Son

``“When my father first suggested we go to a demonstration to show support for Egypt, my first reaction was: ‘This is a school night. I have homework. This isn’t my fight,’ ” said Esmaeel, a high school junior who likes to paint and play guitar. “But when I got there and saw all the anger and passion, I saw that I can’t be selfish. I felt like Egypt is my country, and I suddenly felt proud.”''


NYT

It is hard to be American and Arab, and to be American and Mexican.

We have to manage though. Our children are cosmopolitan, whether they know it or not.