What Is An American?

             What is an American? Well that sounds simple, anyone with citizenship of the USA. But the problem with that answer is that nearly all of these citizens are just Americans by legal papers. The roots of Americans almost never originate from this country, or really even this continent. Thus, these citizens are really from other countries. When all of these people of separate cultures and ancestries combine, then we get Americans. Therefore, America is a melting pot of cultures. What really makes an American is the fact that they have heritage from other countries, but live here amongst other people with other separate backgrounds.
             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.
             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 each other, go to work together, go to school together, and even enjoy pastimes such as golf together.
             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.