What the Boston Marathon winner and bombers have in common

This article from CNN was especially interesting to me after our class discussion on the Clash of Civilizations. The article questions what the real differences in the Boston Marathon’s winner and bombers are. This year’s U.S.A. win was full of nationalist pride. According to the article, Keflezighi was the first American to win since 1983. What some people may not know is that this year’s winner was born in Eritrea. And this is important because Keflezighi is a naturalized citizen of the United States which immigration wise is the same status that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (one of the brother’s from the bombing attack) held. The question then is what makes someone an American?  

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/22/opinion/kohn-boston-marathon-american/index.html?hpt=op_t1

Mariana Cury

PSC 102