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This is a visual reminder as a way to help you think next time you say the word Americans in reference to USA citizens.
These are the Americas. Therefore everyone who live here from South to North and North to South are Americans.
This… is only a part of America.
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September 10, 2007 at 5:50 pm and is filed under America, America Latina, Politics, Privilege, Race, Social Justice, USA, altermundismo, americans, racial relationships.
September 18, 2007 at 12:27 pm
But American is really a shorten form of United State of America. Somehow US citizens does not ring so Americans is better. All the other countries have better names for their citizens.
The UK has the same problem we are called British which strictly means the Irish citizens as well. England is not a country so we are not English. United Kindomians just does not have the right feel. So we end up with British.
I know what you are really saying here though. The whole world can claim to be American - why?? because every country has an American population except Vatican city (I think)