Gulick. He supported anti-Japanese racism. The quote that I found very interesting was when Flowers asked, “What is a nation?” The way he described the correlation between land and people was very intriguing. A nation is truly like one big family, a family that is united in many different factors such as blood, rank, governance and peace. This excerpt in many ways is true in my beliefs and values, one race in my opinion cannot really fully assimilate with another, there will always be that sense of culture or physical appearance woven into that individual. You can try to fit into a culture or a race, but you will never be fully accepted. I myself struggled with having a different cultural lineage than others, trying as much as possible to fit in, but I realized that would never be possible. I should embrace and be proud of my Nigerian heritage. Flowers made some great points in his excerpt, but the way he criticized and judged Reverend Sidney L. Gulick was in a way very harsh. The most important part of this song is when Flowers emphasizes the nations; this made the correlation between race, people and land very understandable. If a mistake or accident comes between these factors, conflicts suddenly start to arise. Flowers' main purpose for this excerpt is to make sure the reader understands