I am not african. Africa is in me, but I cannot return.
I am not taína. Taíno is in me, but there is no way back.
I am not european. Europe lives in me, but I have no home there.
I am new. History made me. My first language was spanglish.
I was born at the crossroads
and I am whole.
–“Child of the Americas,”
Aurora Levins Morales
What best expresses the speaker’s point about a person’s identity as an American?