There are three important dimensions in my life -- my religion , my ethnicity and my country -- and they are all at peace . Nafees Syed and family at July 4th , when a woman said , ` ` What planet are y' all from ? '' Syed says if we all ` ` went back to where we came from , '' only Native Americans would be left . People mistakenly think we are loyal to another nation above U.S. , she says . Back in U.S.A. , she says it took being ` ` in foreign countries to realize just how American I was ''
Nafees Syed and family at July 4th , when a woman said , ` ` What planet are y' all from ? '' Syed says if we all ` ` went back to where we came from , '' only Native Americans would be left . People mistakenly think we are loyal to another nation above U.S. , she says . Back in U.S.A. , she says it took being ` ` in foreign countries to realize just how American I was ''