Define American Please Analysis

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Define American Please
By dwelling in this great nation and recognizing this land as their home, one is or at least should be considered an American. The issues that lie or float to the surface is “What is an American exactly and what are the qualifications to be such?”. Per the assignment handout, the word ‘american’ is considered to be, according to Define American, “an american is an immigrant, living in the United States of America; someone who calls this country “home” based on his/her political, economic, social, and cultural idea and affiliations”. For those of us blessed enough to be naturally born here, we are already rightful citizens. To put it simply, to be an America one must dwell in the country and have the country’s best interest at heart.
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However, the only people who can claim America as theirs and only theirs are the Native Americans. Despite this fact, they were unable to due to a series of tragic events such as being forcibly removed from their land by European immigrants. Through a long series of battles, Native Americans and Europes have been able to coexist in this land. If these two vastly different types of people can coexist, then all other ethnicities are more than capable to follow suit. This means that immigrants should be granted the ability to enter this country and live just as we do, as long as this great nation’s best interest is within their hearts. How can America continue to be considered one of the world’s largest cultural “melting pots” if these other cultures and races never coexisted with one