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“America and American are two of the most misused words in the english language and even in the world.
Most people born in the United States of America don't even know this or don't want to know this (even all Presidents of the U.S. of America)
1- What is America?
For so many years, people have believed that America and The United States (OF America) are the same thing...they are NOT.
America is NOT a country, it is a CONTINENT and there are 36 American Countries in it, going from Greenland and Canada down to Chile and Argentina. Yes, canadians are actually americans.
2- Who is American?
To this day, people still believe that americans are only the people who are born in the United States (OF America).
It might come to a complete surprise that Not only citizens from the U.S. are American but all the people across the southern border are also Americans and all the people across the northern border are Americans, including people born in Canada. So, yes, if you are from Canada you are actually American, even though you are referred to, as Canadian !! (I mentioned before that some things might come as a shock to you).
People think that Americans are white, have blue or green eyes and golden hair. Well, actually we americans are descendants from European people (that is also a shocking news for some people).
The real Americans had/have dark skin, brown eyes and dark hair. (Some Real Native Americans were Apaches, Navajos, Mayans, Aztecs, etcetera).
There are more than 1,000 million Americans in the American Continent from Greenland to Argentina.
Who else is American?:
There are immigrants that are called African-Americans, Asian Americans, etcetera but there are NO Mexican-Americans or Canadian-Americans because they are already Americans. This would be like calling you American-American.