As said in most of our class discussions, most people
consider themselves to be partially American. They claim these other
nationalities because that is where their ancestors came from. To be honest,
most of the people who put another nationality in front of American has never
even visited their “home town”. They don’t follow the traditions of those
people, and they don’t live there, so why claim it? We claim to be these other
thing because we were once told by another confused person that we are. Although
some people may try to recreate their cultures from their ancestors’ native
land, we still change it to fit the American ways.
Some people may also see being an American as living in
America. That does play a big part. If you live in one of the Americas, and
live by the American ways, you can be called an American. Most of the people
who claim to be something else cant tell you the simplest thing about that
countries history.
Despite the fact that there are many different types of
people who live in America, we are American first. There is no point in
classifying yourself because, technically, we’re all American, so we’re all the
same!
