I was born in Nicaragua, Central America. In 1969 I touched for the first time the “Home of the brave”. I was just two months short of my 21st birthday. I am now 73 years old. I have lived my entire adult life in this country. Back home in Nicaragua where I spent my childhood and teenage years, there was no difference among people of different skin colors. In fact, the Atlantic Coast in Nicaragua, was geographically inhabited by people of dark skin, but to me as I remember, t