What"s the deal with these damn Americans?

Question

I"m a citizen of the U.S. Why are U.S. citizens only refered to as Americans? Mexico ,U.S.,and Canada,all share North America. Are we not "fellow Americans"?

Answer 1

This subject has been treated in Yahoo Answers frequently. Americans are the descendants of the original European immigrants who came to America in the 16th to early 19th centuries. They built the United States and pushed it to the foremost place among nations, ousting the previous champ, Great Britain, from that title.

But the thing to get straight on, and what every liberal in the world will try to contradict, is this: all Americans are White people, for the same reason that all Englishmen are White. They were free to choose their own national designation, and the word "American," from the name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, is the one they selected.

Being an American is not about paying your taxes to the United States government. You're an American because your ancestors were Americans. The first Americans were Americans because, even though they were White, they were no longer Europeans.

Citizenship is a legal thing. The government can give it, or take it away. I have a legal status as a citizen of the United States.

But I have another status too: I'm an American. US citizen is my citizenship. American is my nationality. Nationality is not a legal thing; it is a biological thing. Governments do not give it, and they cannot take it away. Your nationality comes from your ancestors, through their bloodline. Your nationality is your race. That is why, though US citizens might be of different races, all AMERICANS are White.

Not every White person is an American of course, but ALL Americans are White.

There is no such thing as a Black Englishman or a Black Irishman. Neither is there such a thing as an "African American." Those are direct contradictions in terms that logically require that someone Black be White, also, and at the same time.

Don't be fooled by propaganda. Keep your eye on the ball.

US citizen = citizenship.
Legal status.
Can be granted, removed, or renounced.

American = nationality.
(From "natal" meaning birth.)
Biological status.
Inherited at conception. Remains the same until death.

I anticipate a question:
"But if nationality is inherited, aren't Americans still Englishmen, or whatever their ancestors were three hundred years ago?"

Yes. I am 1/4 Irish, 1/4 Scottish, 1/8 English, 1/8 French and 1/4 German. Approximately. But I'm not pure Irish, nor pure Scottish, nor pure English, nor pure French, nor pure German. This is a fairly typical mix of ancestors for Americans, and such mixes (entirely from White European nationalities) are the essence of the American nationality.

Answer 2

United States Of America citizens are Americans. Canada and Mexico, the last time I checked, did not include America in their nations name. Be happy we aren't Vespuccians

Answer 3

In other countries, people from the US are called "North Americans" and other names that aren't as nice. I say we sort of "are" fellow americans, but you really can't be someone's "fellow" if you're not at their same level. North American businesses have more money than Central and South American, however (and this is the sad part) North American people truly believe they OWN that money, where in reality, most of them are really in debt. They don't care if they trash and insult C. and S. Americans by calling them wet.backs, bean.ers, spics, and all sorts of racial slurs, or make jokes about Canadians, while at the same time they get treated like royalty when they visit C. and S. American countries and Canada. Again, until we smooth those differences, we can't be fellow Americans, and as history has proved it, we never were.

Answer 4

They are people from the Americas, with an 's'. They, like us are from the North American Continent. We are citizens of The United States Of America. The Americas are made up of both North and South America. They are not citizens of The USA. Are you blond or something? How can you be a US citizen and not know the answer to this question?

Answer 5

Sorry, If they are from Mexico or Canada they are Mexicans or Canadians. They are part of the north American continent. Only those legal citizens of the United States of AMERICA can be called fellow Americans. Not North Americans.

Answer 6

that's an histoical question truly. u.s. develop into the first autonomous united states in North or South u.s., as in the first colony to break from that's ecu mom united states. The British were calling thier colonies "American's" lengthy earlier the U. S. received independence. even as Spanish, French, Russian and different countires did not examine with thier colonies as such.It in simple terms type of stuck. Technically anybody in the u.s.'s might want to be "American's", yet call's stick.

Answer 7

What about South America. Same thing applies. I don't think the other countries care that we call ourselves "Americans." They probably laugh at us for not having something original.

It all goes back to the fact that technically, we are "united states." The states (which would have been looked at almost as small countries by themselves) joined together for protection, etc. etc. (read the declaration of Independance for that story)

So in theory, the state you live in is what you should refer to yourself as...Californian, Texan, Virginian, etc. People have forgotten that the founding of our country was supposed to allow the individual states to retain as much independance as possilbe, not to just be another part of a large country under the rule of a king or president.

Answer 8

First of all, I'm Canadian and very proud. I often thought , what the hel* , If the US founding fathers had said lets call our new country "America" this whole thing would be moot. I really do not care, they are known around the world as Americans, let it go. When I travel and someone in Europe asks if I'm American, I quickly tell them No, Canadian. It's gives you a nice feeling to see the change in their attitude. Sorry.

Answer 9

Well you are actually a citizen of the U.S. of A.

And as much as I like acknowledging my fellowship with the other people of the world none of them are from a country called America so it would be incorrect to call them Americans.

Answer 10

Colloquialism and common usage mean a lot.

For example, North America doesn't own the term either. South Americans can claim it as well.

Keep in mind that Amerigo Vespucci was putting his name on the map as mapmaker, not as discoverer. All this stuff is of no major importance.