What is an American?

What is an American? The definition of who an American is, or what an American is varies from person to person. Perspectives about this subject can turn controversial because what one’s opinion about who and what an American is may be completely different than another’s. The bottom line is that America is a nation filled with a diversity of cultures. Regardless of what other people may suggest that an American is, I think that someone who has migrated to the United States and has lived here half their life, and built a new life here in the United States leaving their past behind is considered an American. There are those who think otherwise they have a mentality of “If you weren’t born in America, you’re not American.” All Americans have in some way different beliefs, values, and perspectives. The upbringing and beliefs, values and perspectives come from the country that the family once came from. People sometimes forget that America wasn’t always like it is today. America was once inhabited by Native American which were Indians basically, they are the true Americans, they are the pure Americans, and only a few are left. A perfect article that describes the way Americans feel is One Hundred Percent American by Ralph Linton. This article describes what each American does each day, and explains where it really originated from. Most of the time “Americans” believe that they are superior than other cultures because they look at all the things America does and glamourizes them, they look up to it, and they don’t pass some of the necessities other countries have like running water, strong electrical power to plug in all the high tech things now invented. Most of the time when americans read, see or hear about another culture they react as if that culture was something out of the ordinary like in Individualism as an American Cultural Value by Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel. . Individualism as an American Cultural Value by Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel provides