America 12: Pride

An American once said that the personal is political, and that feels truer here than anywhere else. Identity is something you wear on your sleeve, on your hat, on your lapel, and on your bumper. In the din of the parade, it's easy to hear echoes of a young country trying to assert its national identity. Listen carefully, though, and you notice a darker kind of identity; the drive to prove who you are all too easily gives way to a drive to prove who you aren't.