What IS an "American"?
"An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German,
Spanish,Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican,African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.
An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as nativeAmericans.
An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or
Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan . The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.
An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will
answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs
claiming to speak for the government and for God. An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the
world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of
Independence , which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return. When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!
As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan . Americans welcome the best of everything...the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services. But they also welcome the least. The national symbol of America , The Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America . Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.
So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did
General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American."
2007-01-11 13:10:12 · 13 answers · asked by #1 "Abuela" 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
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2007-01-11 13:40:58 · update #1
I don't know if I'm supposed to give you a grade for this piece. But I would add one thing. Why do some black Americans seem to have continental confusion?
They insist that they are African-American. I say pick a continent and stick with it. Most blacks in the United States couldn't survive for a year in most African nations.
Could it be that someone is trying to promote divisiveness? Divide and conquer is a great military/political/economic strategy.
My family immigrated (legally) from Prussia and Germany depending on when you look at what boundaries. My mother grew up in the United States (b. 1943) speaking German until she went to public schools.
We never referred to ourselves as German-Americans or Prussian-Americans. Or European-Americans. It always was, and it still is, very clear that I was born an American.
2007-01-11 13:21:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An American is an American. They may have a different background, But an American is an American.
2007-01-11 13:13:49 · answer #2 · answered by jim c 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I am an american and very proud to have served my 27 years in the U. S. Army.
2007-01-11 13:22:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was born in America, Thus I am an American
2007-01-11 13:13:23 · answer #4 · answered by Dixie Redneck Dude 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No I'm not an American. To be an American, you also need to migrate to America & become a citizen, which i have no intention of doing. Other people can belive in democracy too!
2007-01-11 13:19:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
All American here!
2007-01-11 13:19:05 · answer #6 · answered by LoneStar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. To love America is to love life and everybody in it, to believe it's O.K. to be happy.
2007-01-11 13:16:09 · answer #7 · answered by shirleykins 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yup, I'm an American.
Thanks for sharing.
2007-01-11 13:13:07 · answer #8 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes I am an American.By birth and by choice.
2007-01-11 13:20:51 · answer #9 · answered by jo jo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
1/2 seneca
1/2 german
2007-01-11 13:13:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋