Why are Americans categorised solely as Americans?
459438
be cause Unitians, Statians, United Statians, and United States of Americaner, don't sound right. And no other country has "America" in its name. If a country called North Europe sprouted up, would you call them a Norther, which could technically be North Korea, or North Vietnam, or would you call them a European?
1072192
What makes you think that these people don't consider themselves Americans first? And why do personally you find it so difficult to accept the fact that some people have numerous identities, one associated with their country and another with their race or ethnicity? Is it wrong to identify with people in your country who happen to share a similar ethnicity or culture that is somewhat unique or different from other cultures in the U.S.?\n\nAnd what on Earth makes you think you have to call yourself an Irish-German-Scottish-Welsh-French-American to be politically correct? How is that politically correct? Call everyone just plain old American if you want, for heaven's sake. Where did you get the idea that they would be offended if you did so?\n\nSince when did it become a crime to have more than one identifying personal trait?
575471
From the perspective of people in the US, only we are Americans,  but if you go to Spain, and some other parts of the world South America is America, and they are considered Americans. So: it depends on who you talk to.  \nI generally say I'm from the US: it seems a little colonial to usurp legit claims from everyone else in two continents.
912882
Maybe because most Americans are so Fat now that they see everyone around them as normal. How funny! In America we have different categories of being classified as fat, kind of like how the Eskimos have different names for snow. Weird huh?\n\nYou have your:\n\noverweight/chubby/big boned person\n\nFat/Obese\n\nExtreme Obese\n\nMorbidly Obese (300 lbs and up)\n\nThis is so crazy!
330543
American people isn't an ethnic group, the American people consist of multiple ethnic groups.If you're referring to other nationalities, England, France, Spain, etc.. then we're not exactly responsible for how they feel about us. Some of their outlook may be justified and some may not be. It's the same with a personal relationship, one person can't make for a good relationship it takes both individuals involved to do this.
486101
cos there just silly americans who think america is the whole world
1159632
I'm Canadian. Under no circumstances would I call myself American.\n\nAnd the name "Europe" is becoming synonymous with the European Union, and so for example including Ireland and excluding Switzerland. (Although it's true that the Swiss would be more likely to call themselves "Europeans" than the Irish would.)\n\nAnd while you're at it, I know a fair number of US citizens (some who have no other citizenship) who were NOT born in the USA.
272849
Because the united states has an identity crisis.   In the grand scheme it is a very new country with virtually no roots of its own, and instead of embracing this blessing it is striving to carve out its own individuality.  Seeing as it is a new country and that all Americans are descendants from Europeans and others. Europeans who do not recognize them as being even remotely related, they are pushing away from their ancestral homeland.\n\nI am descended from scotts. Scotts will not recognize me as a scott because my Family has been in Canada for several generations.  Does that mean I resent my old homeland, not at all it just means for the sake of having a national Identity I will say Canadian, as Americans will say American.\n\nBut the end result is more cultures who do not get along and who will gripe and fight over petty differences in language and silly cultures.  And there are always Americans who are so "Pro America" that they dont see the fact that they are being disresptectful to others, If your going to be Pro anything do it on your own terms and do not Force it on anyone else.
103872
False.\nAll "Americans" are foreigners.
675966
an American is a U.S. citizen regardless of heritage
1184215
Because Americans are stupid...
489271
I more important question is that:  If we, as americans, who live in North America, are in fact called American, they why aren't the people who live in South America called Americans????....why, tell me, why ?????
431256
Americans actually comes from Europe because of the immigrants thing, so there are actually brothers. The different is that Americas rule the politic and economic world not the Europe
613940
Ask the government people who created the labels to put on all the forms you have to fill out. Historically, African Americans did not chose that lable for themselves, it was given to us by the government. Same way they give everyone else a label because categories make people comfortable. Are white people really white? It's a color right? Not a nationality, so why is white on the forms, same reason African American, Asian, etc. is - because we hate ambuguity! And becuz we like to divide and categorize.
953136
I think that is a very good question,I think that society as a whole has an incredible itch to categorize everything into neat easily classified little piles. There are so many different European creeds that have all blended together by now that would make SPECIFICALLY classifying anyone would be a huge mouth full. My best friend would have to say that she is an Irish-Scotch-Welsh-German and maybe some Italian thrown on for spice American, but she has had the privilege of at least knowing where her families came from, and can , rightly so, be proud of what her makes her who SHE is. African Americans, for the most part are held at a huge disadvantage in this respect. Most DON"T know where they hail from except for a few speculative hundred years, and maybe have an understandable need to have a claim on SOMEPLACE to reconnect with their roots. Everyone wants to know where they come from and Africa is at least a common motherland.                                                    I have been very lucky as a Mexican AMERICAN to be able to have access to that part of my culture close at hand, but it doesn't define me as a whole. I do speak spanish but I still think that English should be learned when you move here. ( What is so difficult in being able to speak more then just ONE language people!!! This is something to be proud of!! Other countries EXPECT thier students to MASTER more then one before they can graduate from school!!Since when should education be shunned???) I consider myself to be an American above all other census classifications, and my friends would say " goofball dork" if asked about me. I believe people all ALL races should be proud of who they are and anyway if we were to be invaded by any one of the many countries that hate us, African American, Asian American, European American, or whatever would still be considerd AMERICAN only. They wouldn't care.  ( BTW, you ARE German American, and it is a sad thing that untill WW II most Germans in the US had been speaking German for many generations untill they were unfairly made to feel ashamed about it, but that's govermant for ya)
1127086
I think us Americans are described as "ugly Americans" because many (but not all) of us assume that our nation is superior to all others and that our culture should be imposed on others' wherever we go.  This is just stupid.  To my knowledge, there is no other nation that is so self-righteous.  President Bush has no right to turn Iraq into a democracy.  Only the Iraqi people have the right to decide this.  So many people say they are "proud to be an American", but I don't believe it is a thing deserving of pride anymore.  Yes, we have many freedoms that so many other countries don't have, but does that include the right to dictate policies to other nations?
567696
what do u mean about americans? Americans are people from North America, Central America and South America. If you mean why do some united states citizens dont want immigrants here. I think is because they are afraid that they will take there jobs but, that is not the case immigarants to this country have always worked the worse jobs that nobody else wanted to work.  They are also afraid that they are taking advantage of public services, they should be allow to take advantage of thoose programs they pay taxes.