1. Before reading this article, what was your answer to the question, “Who’s American?” How did you develop this concept of being an American? If you or your parents were born in another country, how would you define the national identity of that country? (For example, what does it mean to be Dominican or Chinese?) When I first thought of Who’s American was a person or people born in the United States. As family we are all born and raised in the United States and citizens some enlisted in the military to support our country. My interpretation the concept of being American one’s who legal citizen of the country and was born in the country. I developed this concept from growing up throughout my life I was taught that I was an American or a Black American because I was born in Mississippi country of the United States of America. Nationality for a Dominican would represent my parents and I lived there Republic defines our identity. The same goes for Chinese my parents were born in China then their nationality would be defined as Chinese means.
5. How can the concept of a national identity both unite and divide people? National identities can unite people who believe in certain things and they would come together as one group of people fighting for the same thing as in war there are a lot of nationalities in America. They all have joined together and enlisted in the military to fight for their country to establish peace. 6. After reflecting on these issues via this article, these questions, and class discussions, has your concept of what it means to be an American changed? If so, in what ways? However, after I have reviews everything as to the class discussion and via article my concept of being an American haven’t changed none what so every. It opened my eyes and gave me a clear and better sense of the reality of what American truly means. I get along with