Mencken‚ HL. “On Being an American” HL Mencken’s “On Being an American” is a collection of newspaper articles about his perceptions on America as a white male at around the early 1900s that were compiled into an essay. In the first of these articles‚ Mencken writes that what makes America so charming are the people that live there (he narrows this down to people who are 50% American). He says that Americans are the youngest of white races‚ and that this carries into American culture and politics
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Someone could ask me what me‚ “What does being an American mean to you?” Well up until now I haven’t put much thought to it. I don’t know much about being an American‚ what I do know is we have rights. As Americans we don’t have monarchy. We’re a free country; we have the choice to be able to vote for who we want running‚ not our lives but our country. To be an American is the greatest thing in the world to most
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people have ever fought. In order to properly thank them for their heroic effort‚ I as a Hispanic Caucasian must give credit where credit is due. In order to properly do so‚ I must begin with the contributions of “Black America” beginning with the American Revolution and continue up until the World War II. Make no mistake blacks made contributions well past World War II‚ but in the interest of time and accuracy I must stay within the confines of our earlier history. One main aspect that should be analyzed
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what degree‚ Harriet dare not speak a word of those feelings to her Grandmother or anyone else for that matter. In correlation with my belief of Harriet’s story‚ we have other documents to support the pulse of the African who is not yet considered a human being at the time. Sorjourner Truth…. “that man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages‚ and lifted over ditches‚ and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages‚ or over mud-puddles‚ or
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An unknown author once said‚ “whether a paramedic is doing CPR‚ extricating someone from a weakened car or holding the hand of an old lady.” Paramedics are there to do whatever is needed‚ wherever it is needed. People forget sometimes how important paramedics are to society today‚ because of how the world world has changed and it even became more dangerous. EMTs often work in communities and usually are apart of police and or fire departments. They are almost always the first emergency medical services
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dreams and‚ at some point‚ earn the title of an American. It is a term that is thrown around often‚ but do we honestly know the true meaning? Recently‚ the entire nation has become divided over what it means to live and be a part of America. Therefore‚ as a writer for the Washington Post stated‚ “If we can’t agree on what being “American” really means‚ it’s going to be very hard to find common ground on anything else” (Cillizza). The term American is an abstract idea and cannot be completely defined
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Mahatma Gandhi once said‚ “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Being an American is being free and open for change. Change is almost like an occurring thing. Sometimes I wish that maybe instead of making change‚ we could understand what we have first‚ almost take recognition. Then suddenly‚ we muster up something in a moment and then we feel it’s not good enough so we build onto something new. Why can’t we understand what we have‚ rather than trying to make something new? We have people
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Michael Rizzo Murray‚ Chass (2004). Game Fights Trend of Fewer Blacks. The New York Times This article is about the declination of blacks in the game of baseball. It begins by talking about how successful blacks were in baseball from 1981-1997. Blacks such as Tony Gwynn‚ Tim Raines‚ and Gary Sheffield were winning National League Batting Titles 16 out of those 17 years. From 1998-2004‚ only one black player has won the batting title. As a huge baseball fan‚ I never knew that stat and find
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Almeciga Period 6 The Arawak arrived around 650 AD. The second wave arrived between 850 and 900 AD. Also Arawak indians our american indians who lived in the greater antilles and south America. They were among the first few indian tribes that christopher columbus came in contact with along with the taino tribe on his way to hispaniola. The Arawaks spoke the language of arawakan
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T. Schaefer. Every race and ethnicity are raised from their individual‚ culture and believes‚ therefore the lifestyle and future will be different growing up. I have the privilege of being born in The United States of America and can be characterized by my Mexican family which can be related to a social class. Being born in the United States is a privilege because I have my rights and freedom as a U.S citizen. Even though‚ I have never viewed or have thought much of
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