What does it mean to be americ
What does it mean to be americWhat does it mean to be "American?"
What makes it
"American?" And how does it make us "American?" American stands
for the beliefs, the music, as well as the people that come from
this great nation. The beliefs of this great nation speak every language.
These beliefs stretch from the furthest reaches of Africa to the
city life of New York. These beliefs are pride, freedom, and
equality. American means to be proud. It means to stand up for
what you believe in and to fight for it wholeheartedly. American
also means to have freedom, freedoms to do what you wish, to
practice your own religious ceremonies, customs, and beliefs.
With these freedoms comes a responsibility, a responsibility to
be accountable for your actions. Equality is the basis of
American society. Before equality for all, there was slavery.
With this slavery came accounts of cruelty and disillusioned
violence. Without help from first hand accounts of slaves such
as Frederick Douglass and Olaudah Equiano, we would have never
emerged from this dark era in American history....
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