not acceptable wrote:
If Mondo was dark skinned and competed for a central American country this message board would be stoning him to death.
.. LOL
Take, for instance, Luis Grijalva. Born in Guatemala, brought to America at the age of 1, raised in California, went to college in Arizona.
Hes not an american citizen, so he cant represent the US at the olympics, but he found a legal way to go represent Guatemala and then return back to the US to continue living here.
My take on this, I love my country. I think any success that happens on our soil is due, in part, to our great country. To represent the US at the olympics is not just a privilege, but also a way to give a little bit of credit to our country for your achievements.
Now obviously I think our countrt reserves the right to be selective about who gets to live here, but if you live here in my eyes you're American. If you were raised here, and even if not, if you train here youre American.
So Im open to letting people like Luis Grivalva be on team USA, as well as Kenyan ex-pats who get a lot of hate cause ppl focus too much on race/ethnicity for determining who is a true American or european or whatever.