Clearly the hot topic of the week is how each of us consider why people identify themselves as anything but American. My personal take on the situation has to do with the need for everyone to be an individual. Regardless what people refer to themselves as, it could still be looked at trying to be apart of a group. While on the other hand, I look at it in more of an individual perspective. I feel that this society has gradually become more about people being different and not like everyone else. So this need to group yourself as not an American like everyone else but from a certain heritage makes you "different".
It is interesting to consider this phenomenon going on in today's world. Why has it gotten to the point that no one wants to come right out and say "hey, I'm American." There could be many different reasons why that is. I saw in some of my classmates post that maybe its because there is a negative outlook on America these days therefore making people not want to admit that is who they are. Regardless of the reason, it makes you wonder..will people ever start referring to themselves as American before what heritage they come from? If so, how or what needs to happen for these changes to come around?
Mary Daloia
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