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*Nicholas de Genova, an assistant professor of anthropology and Latina/o studies at Columbia University, made comments denouncing the American military and American patriotism in 2003. After being given negative responses from various people, Genova reiterated his statements, and has even implied he advocated in the name of self-determination having "a million more Mogadishus" regarding the then-recently occurring Iraq War, and has considered Vietnam a "victory for human self-determination," and has also implied that he's for "America" as in the continents, not the actual USA.<ref>De Genova, Nicholas (March 21, 2003).

*Nicholas de Genova, an assistant professor of anthropology and Latina/o studies at Columbia University, made comments denouncing the American military and American patriotism in 2003. After being given negative responses from various people, Genova reiterated his statements, and has even implied he advocated in the name of self-determination having "a million more Mogadishus" regarding the then-recently occurring Iraq War, and has considered Vietnam a "victory for human self-determination," and has also implied that he's for "America" as in the continents, not the actual USA.<ref>De Genova, Nicholas (March 21, 2003).

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20030605124701/https://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/03/31/3e881bf8297f2 "Letters to the editor:  professor qualifies quotation in article and addresses criticism"].  ''Columbia Daily Spectator'' website ()<br />To the Editor:<br>

''Spectator'', now for the second time in less than a year, has succeeded to quote me in a remarkably decontextualized and inflammatory manner. In Margaret Hunt Gram's report on the faculty teach-in against the war in Iraq (March 27, 2003), I am quoted as wishing for a million Mogadishus but with no indication whatsoever of the perspective that framed that remark. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that your Staff Editorial in the same issue, denouncing the teach-in for "dogmatism," situates me in particular as the premier example of an academic "launching tirades against anything and everything American."<br><br>

''Spectator'', now for the second time in less than a year, has succeeded to quote me in a remarkably decontextualized and inflammatory manner. In Margaret Hunt Gram's report on the faculty teach-in against the war in Iraq (March 27, 2003), I am quoted as wishing for a million Mogadishus but with no indication whatsoever of the perspective that framed that remark. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that your Staff Editorial in the same issue, denouncing the teach-in for "dogmatism," situates me in particular as the premier example of an academic "launching tirades against anything and everything American."<br><br>

In my brief presentation, I outlined a long history of U.S. invasions, wars of conquest, military occupations, and colonization in order to establish that imperialism and white supremacy have been constitutive of U.S. nation-state formation and U.S. nationalism. In that context, I stressed the necessity of repudiating all forms of U.S. patriotism. I also emphasized that the disproportionate majority of U.S. troops come from racially subordinated and working-class backgrounds and are in the military largely as a consequence of a treacherous lack of prospects for a decent life. Nonetheless, I emphasized that U.S. troops are indeed confronted with a choice--to perpetrate this war against the Iraqi people or to refuse to fight and contribute toward the defeat of the U.S. war machine.<br><br>

In my brief presentation, I outlined a long history of U.S. invasions, wars of conquest, military occupations, and colonization in order to establish that imperialism and white supremacy have been constitutive of U.S. nation-state formation and U.S. nationalism. In that context, I stressed the necessity of repudiating all forms of U.S. patriotism. I also emphasized that the disproportionate majority of U.S. troops come from racially subordinated and working-class backgrounds and are in the military largely as a consequence of a treacherous lack of prospects for a decent life. Nonetheless, I emphasized that U.S. troops are indeed confronted with a choice--to perpetrate this war against the Iraqi people or to refuse to fight and contribute toward the defeat of the U.S. war machine.<br><br>