Syed and family at July 4th fireworks when a man said , `` What planet are y'all from ? '' I do n't just brush these comments aside , as many immigrants to America bravely do , but really question my identity by asking myself : Nafees Syed says if we all `` went back to where we came from , '' only Native Americans would be left . People mistakenly think Native Americans are loyal to another country above U.S.A. , she says . Born in U.S.A. , Syed says it took being `` in foreign lands to realize just how Native Americans I was ''
Syed and family at July 4th fireworks when a man said , `` What planet are y'all from ? '' Nafees Syed says if we all `` went back to where we came from , '' only Native Americans would be left . People mistakenly think Native Americans are loyal to another country above U.S.A. , she says . Born in U.S.A. , Syed says it took being `` in foreign lands to realize just how Native Americans I was ''