Why do I feel that? Well, I think there has been a larger bastardization of this idea of patriotism. I think about the history of my family where, you know, My grandfather was the first one of my mom's side of the family born in this country and was born down in South Carolina. And when he was just a toddler, it was actually the Ku Klux Klan that ran him out. My great grandfather was a minister, and he's a very vocal minister. (04:15–04:22)
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Asserts that Wes Moore's grandfather was the first in his maternal family born in the U.S., specifically South Carolina.
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