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2020.07.05 00:00

American is not a race or ethnicity. Someone who became an American

yesterday is just as American as someone born here. America is a country of Immigrants. America is a melting pot of people and cultures. Please don't try to determine is someone is American based from a stereotypical appearance.

Please don’t ask American profiles on here If they are Immigrants. It’s incredibly rude.
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  • Fanny. 2020.07.05 00:03

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    🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😊

  • Pumpkin 2020.07.05 00:04

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    Great post! I agree with you

  • Milagros 2020.07.05 00:05

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    Claps for you! Respect!

  • Catalina 2020.07.05 00:05

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    For me America is a continent😂 I am American too💖 but I got your point

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 00:07

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    @Catalina Haha yes . I’m using it in a common short hand way of saying from the USA .

  • Charles Xavier. 2020.07.05 00:09

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    We got the point when you say America. In Latin America some people find that rude, because we are part of ancient cultures. Historically, that was created on the Myth of white people.

  • Rhiannon 2020.07.05 00:10

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    I wish all the people can know this too

  • Edgar 2020.07.05 00:10

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    @Catalina Sadly in english they do not have a way to say that they belongs to the United States. I'd say that is justified the use of "Americans" in English. In Spanish the correct term is Estadounidense

  • Andrea1995 2020.07.05 00:12

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    Exactamente. Lo mismo se aplica a Argentina, acá es un crisol de razas, no hay una apariencia definida para un "argentino", somos un pais de inmigrantes.

  • Mar 2020.07.05 00:12

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    Actually, it's curious that almost every country has a word to refer to people from the USA (Ex. In Spanish it's called Estadounidense), but they don't. They call themselves Americans as if they "own" the continent, while people from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America countries are Americans too. 🤔 Just saying..

  • jacky 2020.07.05 00:12

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    But have American melt together successfully? Or just a superficial phenomenon. a shared name American is not enough to indicate it's one piece after all.

  • jordan 2020.07.05 00:14

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    You are totally right in some points, but america is a continent from Argentina to alaska. And the Caribbean islands. And I'm American because I was born in the Dominican republic the first European settlement in the continent that Christopher Columbus called America to the whole continent not just the United states. And Christopher Columbus used to speak Spanish not English.

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 00:14

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    @Mar Because it’s United States of America . Take away United Sates and it’s just America. Shorthand is American . It’s not about owning the continent.

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 00:15

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    @jordan I’m talking about the word describe the nationality of people from the United States America. Nothing more .

  • David 大卫 2020.07.05 00:15

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    Yes, and there more and more states where Caucasians are no longer the majority. I enjoy being part of a blend of different cultures, and wouldn't have it any other way.

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 00:16

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    @jacky American is a nationality name.

  • Charles Xavier. 2020.07.05 00:17

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    @Mar It has a long story. It traced his record on the Monroe's doctrine from then XIX century. Later, It was called: America for the Americans.

  • Mar 2020.07.05 00:18

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    @Micah 米嘉德 I know it's now owning the continent, but what I meant is that by calling yourself "American" (not you, generally speaking) it's like the rest of the people are not. And America is the continent, all of them are Americans as well. That's why for example for me it doesn't make much sense your president logo "MAGA"... idk if I'm explaining my point of view. Sorry my English is not perfect and I hope I didn't offend you. In fact, I agree with your post , I was just pointing a fact

  • Edgar 2020.07.05 00:18

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    @Micah 米嘉德 I guess in English there's not another word. If you learn Spanish just remind to use "Estadounidense"

  • Florencia 2020.07.05 00:18

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    This is the brightest thing I ever read here.

  • Catalina 2020.07.05 00:19

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    @Mar yes! That is the same I have said. Es raro, nos hacen sentir afuera, pareciera que se sienten únicos jajajaja pero bueno se que no lo dicen con esa intención

  • Catalina 2020.07.05 00:20

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    @Edgar Yes I know that! I am just saying that I don’t like that jajaja they should invent another word 😂

  • Mar 2020.07.05 00:25

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    @Catalina @Edgar @Charles Xavier. Que conste que soy de España y me estoy metiendo un poco donde no me llaman 😂, pero me pongo en vuestro lugar y creo que me daría rabia.

  • Edgar 2020.07.05 00:27

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    @Catalina Yes! I agree with you on that haha but sadly I don't think that's going to happen. We must continue with the use of Estadounidense in Spanish

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 00:27

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    @Mar

  • Eliza 2020.07.05 00:28

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    All that you say is right, but there's a lot of people in your country even knowing that your country is built by immigrants for the most part, suggest that this piece of territory is exclusive to only a few,it's totally wrong

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 00:29

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    @Eliza Not everyone . It’s sad that some people are like that .

  • Me 2020.07.05 00:31

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    @Catalina well, you're right but they don't have other name to be named, so their nationality is American.

  • Catalina 2020.07.05 00:33

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    @Mar @Edgar jajajaja gracias por unirte a la causa pero como dice Edgar no creo que las cosas cambien, aunque estaría bueno😂.

  • Catalina 2020.07.05 00:34

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    @Micah 米嘉德 Yes I know that! Don’t worry, I understand. That was just my point of view😉

  • Charles Xavier. 2020.07.05 00:35

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    @Mar Creo que ser ser hispano es enriquecedor. Porque, tenemos una identidad común basada en nuestro pasado. En Latinoamérica, abrimos las puertas a los amigos. Talvez, por nuestra cultura. Los indios tenían que socializar sino morían: como pasó en Guatemala con algunas civilizaciones o México. Rubén Darío decía: que teníamos un abuelo español y hermanos latinoaméricanos. Parafraseando eso, en parte es cierto y la comunidad hispana, aunque algún racista, es muy amable en HelloTalk.

  • Me 2020.07.05 00:36

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    @Micah 米嘉德 At times I got mad at my boyfriend calls United States as "America" though I don't get mad when he call himself American hahah

  • Charles Xavier. 2020.07.05 00:37

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    @Micah 米嘉德 We understand. But, we remark that to help you!

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 00:38

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    @Me Yeah it’s not an insult to anyone. It has to do with the location and the English language.

  • Rom 2020.07.05 00:38

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    We should first start by calling you US Americans. Because to me Americans are from Canada to southern Argentina 🤔 , aren't they ?

  • Eliza 2020.07.05 00:39

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    @Micah 米嘉德 i know i don't intend generalize ,surely there are extraordinary people in your country and that all nations have a dark side

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 00:42

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    @Charles Xavier. Without trying to sound insensitive I think it’s something that is misunderstood and being blown out of proportion. It boils down to language differences, history, and location. Americans are called other things in different languages. It's just how English speakers people express Citizenship to the USA.

  • Mauro 2020.07.05 00:43

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    If you were not born in the country where you live, you are an immigrant. Keep it simple.

  • Edgar 2020.07.05 00:44

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    @Rom In France you learn that América is from Canadá to Argentina too? I didn't know that!

  • Me 2020.07.05 00:45

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    @Micah 米嘉德 You Americans were learned by teacher whom told you that there were 6 continents instead of 5 continents...and some Americans think the continents are South America, Central America, North America, Europe, Africa, Asian and Oceania

  • Mar 2020.07.05 00:45

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    @Charles Xavier. Bonitas palabras. Ojalá toda la gente pudiera respetar y aceptar sin tener que juzgar a los demás. Tendríamos que ser todos hermanos, sin que nadie se crea mejor que el otro. Por desgracia, racistas hay en todos los sitios, pero gracias a ellos los que no lo somos sacamos más fuerzas y garras para luchar contra ellos ✊💪

  • Charles Xavier. 2020.07.05 00:49

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    @Mar En teoría lo somos. Tenemos un ancestro común. Ya sea que creas en la Biblia: Adán; o el Homo Sapiens. Somos la única especie que mata por placer. Los monos lo hacen para asegurar sus genes.

  • jordan 2020.07.05 00:54

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    I think that the correct word to the people of the United states is United statian as we call them in Spanish... estadounidenses.

  • Win or Go Home 2020.07.05 01:02

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    Black lives matter!!!

  • Paola Colmenares G 2020.07.05 01:05

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    Son bonitas palabras Micah pero como consejo deberías ser más específico en decir Estadounidenses porque América y por ende Americanos es todo un continente

  • Aisha 2020.07.05 01:05

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    I'm pretty sure now people have mixed races. Like Indonesia has so many race or ethnicity even from the out of SEA, but we still call them Indonesian. There's nothing wrong with that(i guess). It's so rude to call them immigrants.

  • La Güera 2020.07.05 01:05

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    @jordan That sounds extremely strange in English. That’s not how we would refer to ourselves at all.

  • Antonio 2020.07.05 01:09

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    I have no idea people were doing that. 🤨 I think I am in a bubble here 😅

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 01:10

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    @Win or Go Home YES 👍 yes they do.

  • jordan 2020.07.05 01:11

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    @La Güera yes it is.

  • lyn 2020.07.05 01:14

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    You know I find it very strange that some (many) Chinese don’t know that non white Americans exist, when the NBA is so popular here...

  • jordan 2020.07.05 01:21

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    Let's. Make it easier.. what continent people from Argentina, chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, mexico, Dominican republic, etc come from??? Please answers below..

  • jordan 2020.07.05 01:23

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    @Micah 米嘉德 😂😂😂😂👍

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 01:25

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    @jordan

  • jordan 2020.07.05 01:28

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    @Micah 米嘉德 yes and exactly like you said.. America as a continent divided by four regions.. south America, central America and the the Caribbean and north America.

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 01:30

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    @jordan

  • jordan 2020.07.05 01:34

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    @Micah 米嘉德 you are totally right buddy I just googled now and figured out that American is for both us citizens and for people born in any country in the continent...👍👍🤗

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 01:36

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    @jordan That’s what I’ve been trying to tell everyone. You can relay the message that would be nice.

  • jordan 2020.07.05 01:36

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    But only difference is that the others do not hold the us citizenship.

  • Micah 米嘉德 2020.07.05 01:37

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    @jordan Yes it depends on context of the sentence. Like many words in English.

  • jordan 2020.07.05 01:39

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    I completely got you buddy now I exactly understand why.

  • Carla 2020.07.05 02:05

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    @Mar In Chile we don't discriminate people of other ethnicities 🤗 Those are the Mexicans who think they're white and discriminate their indigenous people 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • Jenny 2020.07.05 02:35

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    Okay,okay

  • ALIFA 2020.07.05 05:52

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    get the point

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