Every nation has a national identity amongst the people who make up the country’s population. Some share certain values and some could not be more different. America’s population is very diverse culture wise; however there is also a common thread that runs through the majority of Americans that overrides any cultural difference that we all have. Sure America has an impetuous nature at times, but we also have a reverence and respect for our unique cultural diversity, and we draw on this to help strengthen who we are as a country. Sure we cast dirty sidelong glances in the direction of France, but we could not be more proud of the very gift they gave us in the symbol of our freedom in Lady Liberty.
Our forefathers in all their wisdom laid down Christian principles and morals, the core of what makes our nation so great. Yes we may get angry quickly at perceived atrocities, but we are also among the first to respond to disasters around the world. We are very much like young twenty something’s, searching this new found freedom, though while well established, still fresh on our minds as we seek to further our core concepts of who we are. Our parents having raised us well with a solid moral foundation upon which we can build upon.
I would say that despite our cultural differences, we, as Americans, are the same: Stubborn, proud, unapologetic, hard working, forgiving, charitable, fighters, protectors, impetuous, defiant, hopeful, but most importantly we are ‘the people’, more specifically, “we, the people” are Americans, and damn proud of it!
