Are some Americans more American than others?

**Loki** · 07-28-2019, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Red Pill

Hell I just read the 'she' became a 'he'!...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Westling

This is insane! What is the world coming to...

**Loki** · 07-28-2019, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by Creoda

Colonial Americans are the ethnic Americans as they are the ones that don't hyphenate their identity. But they are foolish to see themselves as American at their core. They are fundamentally British and NW European diaspora, but Americanism is about forgetting that and pretending to have more in common with immigrants from all over and other races.

Absolutely right.

**Smeagol** · 07-28-2019, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Creoda

but Americanism is about forgetting that and pretending to have more in common with immigrants from all over and other races

In the last 50 years, yes.

**Arsen_** · 07-28-2019, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by AphroditeWorshiper

the most American people for me are the colonial ones with British ancestry, Afro Americans and Natives from the Wild West

Interestingly enough Afro Americans and Natives are not seen as true Americans by common people in Armenia.

At least American embassy in Armenia talk about it in special instructions for Americans who come as part of the Peace Corps to Armenia.

**frizzlefry** · 08-30-2019, 08:34 PM

Definitely

**~~RenaRyuguu~~** · 10-17-2019, 07:48 PM

I am a born American. George Washington is my 1st cousin.

**Peter Parker** · 08-03-2023, 03:00 PM

I consider Native Americans to be more 'American' than anyone else.

**~~Sheppey~~** · 08-03-2023, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by CertifiedCracker

Playing devil's advocate here, but wouldn't the original colonists and their descendants be the true Americans? Discuss.

The closest thing you can get to a native 'white' American group are what some people call the Scots-Irish but they are not strictly of Scottish descent and modern Scottish culture, in Scotland, is different.

**Smeagol** · 08-03-2023, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Peter Parker

I consider Native Americans to be more 'American' than anyone else.

Which makes no sense because the Indians had no concept of "America" (They were just a bunch of warring tribes) nor did they have any part in building the new nation. You might as well consider the buffalo and other fauna the "most American" if you're only going by who occupied the land first.

**Peter Parker** · 08-03-2023, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by Smeagol

Which makes no sense because the Indians had no concept of "America" (They were just a bunch of warring tribes) nor did they have any part in building the new nation. You might as well consider the buffalo and other fauna the "most American" if you're only going by who occupied the land first.

Yeah you are right.