An American is one who adds their component to our great melting pot. In many countries, one’s ancestry has never left the boundaries of that country for centuries. Generation after generation, they stay as one homogeneous race and never change or see other cultures. However, the situation in America is that there is no “age-old American culture.” There are no American-styled rugs or American-style leather dress shoes. Anything we have as a culture is from all of our

citizens’ backgrounds fused together. For example, much of our choice in clothing comes from France. One could literally visit Paris and see what our clothing will resemble in a decade. Nearly all of the meals we eat are recipes that were invented long ago in other countries that our ancestors brought over.

Although America is an assortment of other cultures, we have come together as a whole and developed some aspects of culture that we share as “American culture.” Fast food, baseball, football, jazz, and rap are all examples of this. However, many of these things really have roots from other places. Fast food hamburgers originate from Germany, baseball comes from England’s cricket, and so on. We took things from other cultures and attempted to put our own twist on it.

America doesn’t have a race of people that defines our country. When one thinks of people from Korea, they would only imagine Eastern Asians. India has they’re own defined race of people, as do North African countries, Russia, and so on. Our race is a blend of all of theirs. All of the races in America live amongst ea

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