...Being an American is all about, being strong . Lately Americans are forgetting about what it's actually like to be an American. We all have different beliefs and culture. Americans have been setting a bad example of being a strong independent country. There's way more terrorist attacks, Holidays being spent the wrong way, cultures and families being broken. America has had more and more terrorist attacks over the years. For example, on October 1st, 2017, there was a shooting in Las Vegas, at a Jason Aldean concert. The man that did this ruined thousands of families, killed and injured many of innocent people. This man made a tremendous impact on American history, not only this incident, but also, ISIS, and foreign countries, wanting...
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...Defining an american is difficult. There are about 300 million people who claim themselves as being an American. Each person has a different view of what an American is but to me it's about being able to be yourself and have pride while doing so. It’s difficult to understand what makes an American as shown in the piece “America and I” written by Anzia Yezierska telling about an Immigrant's experience of becoming an American. People from all over the world come to America to get hope and peace. Being an American isn't always easy, depends on how much you work for what you want. “What is an American?” written by J. Hector St. John Dr Crevecoeur shows the pride people have for our country, the rights we have to offer, and the freedom to be whom we want to be. In America we get a lot of freedom. We have the right to stand up for ourselves and speak up for what we believe in. If you don't agree with how something is going on in our country you have the right to stand up and speak for yourself. We have many rights that other countries do not. Many people come to America to get this choice because...
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...BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN | | 2014 2014 Being African American African Americans or who some may refer to as colored, negro, blacks, or even the most derogatory term niggas have had a plight of racism and discrimination since their arrival onto the American soil. African Americans did not migrate from their homes to find new land to explore and/or cultivate but instead were captured by Europeans and taken away from their homelands to a new and unknown land. They were snatched from their homes to be brought to America to work as slaves. In 1619 the first African slave arrives in Virginia to be sold into what would be the dark ages of their existence. Slavery began when the first African slave was brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia. European settlers in North America was looking to a cheaper labor source than indentured servants which were poor Europeans. After the initial Dutch ship brought 20 Africans ashore the British Colony of Jamestown, slavery spread throughout the other American colonies. Historians believe that and estimated 6-7 million slaves were imported to the New World during the 18th century alone (Staff, History.com, 2009). Initially black slaves worked mainly on plantations cropping tobacco, rice, and indigo. Slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of taxation guaranteeing the right to repossess any person held to service of labor. In the late 18th century the mechanization...
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...If each American were asked, “What does it mean to be an American?”, multiple people may administer similar answers. The public understands that it indicates to be free, and to live in a large country with a large government that has never been conquered. Candidly, these are just extremely basic, simple thoughts. There continue to be quite a few thoughts on being American, a portion from citizens themselves, and rather strange ones from people of other countries. To quite a few people from America, “being American” signifies to receive government benefits and have laws that never seem to please people. To “outsiders”, it includes exceedingly rude, though strangely true stereotypes. Numerous people at one point or another have denounced the politicians that write America’s laws. People are never satisfied. Arguments such as abortion, gun control, and gay marriage will never be resolved, owing to the fact that unfortunately, the hard-fought-for freedom of speech lets them complain as much as they please. No group seems to...
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...Being American The article being American explaining the culture and the author express feeling how being American is not easy. Being American is melting pot because everyone you meet have different personality, culture, language, religion. For example this explains Spanish teacher explained teen was opposed to pupils the objection was perfectly sensible (king pp 593). Some people from around the world identity America as the most popular place in the world. I believe other countries in the world never say USA because they feel comfortable saying America. When I went to Africa, Mexico, or Holland they could not say the word the United States of America. It consists of many different...
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...BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN Being African American African Americans or who some may refer to as colored, negro, blacks, or even the most derogatory term niggas have had a plight of racism and discrimination since their arrival onto the American soil. African Americans did not migrate from their homes to find new land to explore and/or cultivate but instead were captured by Europeans and taken away from their homelands to a new and unknown land. They were snatched from their homes to be brought to America to work as slaves. In 1619 the first African slave arrives in Virginia to be sold into what would be the dark ages of their existence. Slavery began when the first African slave was brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia. European settlers in North America was looking to a cheaper labor source than indentured servants which were poor Europeans. After the initial Dutch ship brought 20 Africans ashore the British Colony of Jamestown, slavery spread throughout the other American colonies. Historians believe that and estimated 6-7 million slaves were imported to the New World during the 18th century alone (Staff, History.com, 2009). Initially black slaves worked mainly on plantations cropping tobacco, rice, and indigo. Slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of taxation guaranteeing the right to repossess any person held to service of labor. In the late 18th century the mechanization of the textile industry in England led to a huge demand for...
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...Being an American gives me the chance to be myself and it also gives me a chance to be able to always say what i want. Being an american is fun and caring because everyone wants to help each other when needed in some type of way. Everyone in America has their on looks and are able to look different/do different things invovling culture and other things. Being an American is fun and it gives everyone a chance in life to help each other.For example in one of the stories it said,”Give me your tired and your poor and i will lift my lamb beside the golden door.” I love living in American because to me its a great place to enjoy life.You have alot of freedom living in America than anywhere else.Living in America should not be took for granted...
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...Every citizen in America has a chance to be the best they can be; we all have the chance to lead amazing lives. We have such a diverse country and we should all work together to make it the best we can. As a citizen in America, we have many responsibilities that should not be taken for granted. These responsibilities include to everyone no matter who they are or what they do. Being an American means you’re a part of one of the greatest countries in the world, it means having freedom, justice and liberty. Our country is made up of millions of civilians and a few of these civilians are brave and have a burning love for America. These strong men and women make up our military. With the largest military in the world, Americans can depend on the...
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...Being American means to have many opportunities to take in life despite my choices. My whole summer has been filled with recurrent thoughts and doubts on my IB choices. These choices could essentially have decided the rest of my life and as the final years of high school approach, I find myself pestered with the same questions from family members and friends alike about my future. Questions such as, “Where do you want to go to college?” “What do you plan to do with your life?” and “Do you know what you are going to do for a job?”. For years, I have dreaded this moment, where everyone expects me to have my whole life figured out by now. When I was making my final decisions for my IB choices, at the last second, I changed my choice of “Theater...
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...Mr. Michael however benevolent you may wish to come off...I don't think you quite grasp what I conveyed...The oppression and liberation is indeed about us all because the parameters within which we have all been born into, and from birth influenced to conform to, have been of a nature which is fundamentally geared from institutionalized racism, gender inequality, Hetero-patriarichally dominant ideology, puritan-originated and dominating developmental influences, religiously and big-business money polluted legislative and judicial prejudices; an economy which is based in the military industrial complex (breeding generation after generation of men and women with a skewed senses of patriotism and irrational platforms of cognitive framework by...
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...There was a saying that to be an honorable man, he should place importance on his home and country. Over the course of American history, many people placed their lives on the frontlines to protect their country. The United States was born due to those brave soldiers’ passion to defend their home from the British soldiers. While our soldiers are fighting at the front lines, I, as a citizen of the United States, should keep civil peace in the society. Our country is now overfilled with violence due to discrimination. The first step to keep civil is to respect people no matter what their race, color, or religion. Respect goes both way. When I treat people with respect, they would also treat me with respect. If people are friendly to each other, there would be no reason to point guns or insult them. Not only do I have responsibility to keep peace in my home country, but also I have duty to represent my country while traveling to foreign countries. When visiting to other countries, I should pay respect to the foreigners and the country’s rule. Righteousness in one’s character promote the country’s values. Therefore, the first step for me to keep peace and promote the country is to respect others....
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...characteristics. Being an American means being free and proud to live in our country. Freedom is letting the citizens have opportunities, giving the people the power, and to dream big. Opportunities are given to Americans in many different ways. Opportunities give us the chance to do what we want, without the feeling of being pushed into a corner. America allows opportunities to find us, create new opportunities, and we all look and strive for these opportunities. Immigrants came to our nation for a new start in life. The image of the Jewish children on the ship staring at the Statue of Liberty. America quit accepting immigrants because they needed to reduce the number coming into the country. The immigrants that were able to enter the country were given different job opportunities. The poem, I Hear America Singing,...
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...different foods that have unique meanings and representations. Personally, I strongly identify as being an Italian-American. And being an Italian-American, I feel that I have some right to speak on behalf of the food that the Italians have shared with the rest of the world. Much like in American culture today, holidays like Christmas, Easter, or Thanksgiving, or any family get-together, is normally a family reunion, or at least a small scaled version of one. And at these mini-family reunions, normally the host/hosts take care of all the food that will be consumed throughout the day. For as long as I can...
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...Well this is not the easiest thing that someone can ask another. Especially if you are an American, if someone would ask you, what does it mean to be an American? You would probably start to think twice about that. Many might now what an American is, but I don’t think anyone ever say that being an American can be a good or bad thing. Religion is something you don’t have to worry about. However some people who might come to this country might not like the fact that there are different type of people all around the world. Many might not like how we have many cultures. To begin with, Religion is something big in America. Not in a bad way because Religion is something very good in America, we have our freedom. We can be whichever religion we...
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...people don’t get that choice. If you live in China you can’t be christen4. Countries, like the United Kingdom, don’t have a choice in choosing the next queen because of the monarchy. But in America we get to make choices like that all the time, without having to worry about the government coming after us. To me, being American, means to be free to choose your own life and hopefully live an American dream. I think this because that is what our country was founded on. A long time ago our ancestors sought out America to escape from a society that did not let them accomplish their dreams. These people where the puritans. They wanted to get back to the basics of religion but the government restricted them from doing so. The puritans decided to risk everything and come to America to fulfil their American dream. Even though they may not have found exactly what they were looking for, in America, they paved the way for more...
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