Emily dear, your Op ed article was such a courageous thing to do. You have made a very important first step. You may want to consider entering Ruby, Montana’s annual spam carving contest in Seattle. But there is something much more meaningful happening right now in your life. You have honestly and publicly witnessed you heritage. You can throw off the convention of political correctness and multi- culturalism shouldn’t even be a term in your vocabulary. You shall begin to breathe more easily now as you think more shallow. You will become more confident daily, dealing with life’ little confrontations and with making choices. When you choose naugahyde over leather; when you order fried potatoes instead of baked; when you choose not to wear a dress to a wedding, but instead, pull on your favorite tube top; when you start to realize how cute your cousins are when you attend family reunions; you will be ready to further the lineage that you’re so proud to embrace a family tree that doesn’t fork. If you own an early model American automobile (that it sports patches of Bondo and is missing hub caps is optional), I will give to you free your very own bumper sticker that says and you have said the words yourself White trash by choice.