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What does a TRUE American look like?

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Remobz

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When I think Englishman I think of Sir Micheal Cain for example.


I have a reason why I am asking this. Just curious about your views here.
 
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If you watch a lot of older TV, it was almost always portrayed as Caucasian suburban nuclear families. The soccer mom making casserole for dinner, the business dad, the skateboarding son with an apathetic attitude.

IRL tho, especially lately, it really depends on where you live. So there's so much cultural overlap these days. A lot of it has to do with location - when I lived in California, a lot of my friends were Mexican. Michigan, I actually met a lot of people from Africa, which actually really changed my perspective on the continent, and man, if you think the south has good hospitality, you'd be amazed at how kind people from other countries can be. Florida was kind of a mix, a lot of people from Latin America countries (and soooooo much good food). Here in CT, a lot of people from India. It's such a melting pot.

I think "American" is more of an idea or an attitude than a look. And I'm not talking about the one that foreign media portrays us as, as cowboys or the negative military image we sometimes look like in some countries...I'm talking about people helping each other, doing good work, chasing your dreams, working to be successful even if you're a late bloomer, stuff like that. I know people who have only been immigrants for a year who are more American than people who have lived here their whole lives, so I don't think there's so much of a true American look as there is the way you live your life.
 
Kaido said:
If you watch a lot of older TV, it was almost always portrayed as Caucasian suburban nuclear families. The soccer mom making casserole for dinner, the business dad, the skateboarding son with an apathetic attitude.

IRL tho, especially lately, it really depends on where you live. So there's so much cultural overlap these days. A lot of it has to do with location - when I lived in California, a lot of my friends were Mexican. Michigan, I actually met a lot of people from Africa, which actually really changed my perspective on the continent, and man, if you think the south has good hospitality, you'd be amazed at how kind people from other countries can be. Florida was kind of a mix, a lot of people from Latin America countries (and soooooo much good food). Here in CT, a lot of people from India. It's such a melting pot.

I think "American" is more of an idea or an attitude than a look. And I'm not talking about the one that foreign media portrays us as, as cowboys or the negative military image we sometimes look like in some countries...I'm talking about people helping each other, doing good work, chasing your dreams, working to be successful even if you're a late bloomer, stuff like that. I know people who have only been immigrants for a year who are more American than people who have lived here their whole lives, so I don't think there's so much of a true American look as there is the way you live your life.
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Good answer. The demographics of America is changing and within 50 years what ethnic group will be dominant in your opinion?
 
Isn't anyone born an American citizen a true American? I'm not sure I understand why you want to know what we look like.
 
I have learned about your country.
I know there is not one America, but three.

When I think of a true American on the East-Coast, I think of George Costanza.
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When I think of the West-Coast, I actually know a lot of people in the Bay Area. So my view is a bit more diverse.

Then I think of the rest of America (in between the 2 coasts), I think of this guy:
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