Essay On American Identity

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The american identity is created by language and music, holidays, religions and jobs and immigrants. Former President Barack Obama once stated “What makes someone american isn’t just blood or birth but allegiance to our founding principles and faith in the idea that anyone from anywhere - can write the next chapter of our story.” When i read these words i think about all the different races and religions. The languages music holidays jobs are a part to their everyday lives. I think about all the immigrants that might not have the same opportunities as some of the citizens born in the united states.

One the american identity is created is by language and music. “After dinner my older brother liked to play the guitar. He preferred music he heard on the radio, but he played the traditional songs for mama.” (para.1 music)

This all ties into my life because i am guatemalan my parents came here and they settled for a while in virginia where they had my older siblings monica ingrid daniel. Then they came to grand island where they had me my sister aida and my brother jordan. We all speak spanish, at first it was a little hard to learn a bit but we got used to it. My favorite type of music is spanish music.

Another reason the american identity is created is because of the holidays.

“On sundays and holidays we would wear our

So when the holidays come around it gets kind of noisy and crowded. There are some holidays that i can't celebrate because it is against my religion. The rest are safe though i remember one christmas where we went to visit my uncle in crete nebraska and he had all of our cousins their. It honestly is really fu. But their are also some families that like to keep to themselves. Were all different in our personalities but i believe that race and skin color doesn't matter. We are all still humans. Never judge a book by its cover what really matters is what is on the