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When I hear the word “America” is freedom and a place with opportunities. The education is better than in other countries. When I hear the word “American” it reminds me of a white person.

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what i think to be an american is having freedom of speech and having many opportunities and that america is a free country and one of the best countries when in reality america has a lot of problems . America has a corrupt Government who only care about power and money

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I think to be american is recognizing our place as individuals. Not everyone is the same and we know that, we all have our own story and background that defines who we are or our identity. I think its important to respect and value these things as America is very diverse in many areas.

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when i think of america i think of a lot of  things. cause i think of chances of being great but only a few get to be grea6t.

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being an american means youre from america and you have freedom and rights.

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When I hear the words "America" or "American" I think of the Constitution and everything its supposed to offer yet it only applies to certain people. America is supposed to be a place where everyone is equal but most who say that just mean they will treat you equally if you are like them. When I think of the word "America" I think of how America is the ghetto of the world.

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when i hear the word america or american. I think of opportunity but only a few people get the chance of a opportunity, people have favorites depending on their appearance. I think of privilege, not everyone has the privilege to do current things without being viewed differently or being misjudge off their appearance.

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When I think or hear the word america or american, to me it tells me a free country where you can do anything you want but it isn't that anymore, now when i hear or think it to me it is a spot where white people can do whatever they want with no problems

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i think to be american is like having a right to vote in the united states and being able to travel to other places without a worry. and having a chance to be successful in life since Americans have a better chance at being successful. i feel like being american is a big privilege, and not a lot of people have it as easy as us.

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being america n means to have rights and freedom to do something you cant do in other countries

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When I hear the words “America” or “American” I think of a place where there is “opportunity” or “privilege” but not for everyone some have it easy and others don’t. A con is that the system is twisted/messed up and their is a lot of hypocrisy

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Personally, what I think being a American means is being free and having Freedom. If i had to name One Con about being an American it would probably have to be dealing with the Hypocrisy.

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When I hear the word american I think of opportunity, but not for everyone, only for the select few, others don't get as much. Within this select few is mostly white people. What is important for Americans is being the best, we tend to think that we are the best nation. I also think of the bad things that have happened and how we try to cover up the past.

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The word American or America to me right now, is with how I  picture a lot of riots and people just going one after the other. I see the riots of BLM that happened over the summer and 2020, I’m reminded of the many ideas of people from other countries having about the American dream. I’m reminded of the things that happen at the boarders with undocumented immigrants, I’m reminded of ex president Donald trump and the angering actions that he did and finally his very late response with COVID that caused unnecessary damage to family’s and people that could have be prevented .

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when I hear the word America I think about greatness, liberty and prosperity. what is important to Americans?? freedom and prosperity. Americans are proud of our country, i think that we have a great country with freedom. I think we have more freedom than other countries and more opportunities that's what makes us different. Patriotic means loving and protecting America. What is good about being American is that you have more freedom and opportunities, what is difficult is that we have a lot of problems related to society and education.

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being an american means living in america and being born here and having a privilege that most people dont get

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I think what Americans are proud of most is how many opportunities there are for people something good about being a American is our freedom something bad is our government system

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A word that comes to mind when i hear the word america is opportunity

When i hear american i think about a white person

Something that i think is important for americans is money and business

I think americans are proud of the freedom they have im not sure

I think american are different from the rest of the world by giving more opportunity to others

Something that is good about being an american is that you can have more freedom compared to other places like freedom of speech.

Something bad about america is the government

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when i think of america i think of football. 4th of july, national holidays, the "american dream" i think of a stolen land.

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What I think of America is how our system is better then other countries

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Being American is making a change, and making good change. It means you can Make your own decision about where you want to live, where you like to work at. When I hear the word American I think of bad and good.

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when i think of america i think of being free cause we ended slavery . We ended racial segregation and us black people can enter in any store, Restaurants and any schools.

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What I think it means to be American, is to be born in america but more importantly take pride in the American Pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness. Which is why it sucks that there are still so many problems plaguing the freedom of the people in this nation.

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When I think of America I think of Consumerism or our need to shop. I think of how divided it currently is.

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American means you live and were born in america. What I think of America I think of the bad and the good. A lot of problems and goverment issues. A lot of problems when it comes to the people of color.

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When I think of America I think of the American Dream and the opportunities this country has. Some Americans believe that America is the best country in the world and has the most freedom out of all the countries. In America there is a lot of social and racial problems

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The word that comes to mind is cheeseburger. The good thing about being American is the education system. 4th of July is important to Americans.

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some thoughts that come to me when I hear America is the land of the free, and I think of how different we are from the rest of the world. And how different our gov system is. I think of the Vietnam soldiers riding the choppers and going rambo. some important to us is what we fought for in life. soldiers fought for out freedom. what it means to be american to me is that you have a lot and more opportunity than anyone else in the world and its a blessing

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When I first hear the word America I think it’s the greatest country on earth and a place that we worked hard at.

The importance of America is work ethic and there future, change and progress.

American are proud of just to have  freedom and the right to vote and the justice we have.

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To be American is to chase a dream to having more like more power and to take what is yours and to divide from other which is  called the American Dream. It’s a joke it’s always divide and conquer

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I immediately think of consumerism and our obsession with shopping and buying material goods. We are a culture that consumes 30% of the world's resources (oil, water, food, electricity, etc) but we are only 5% of the world's population. We always have our eye on the next trend or thing we want to make us feel good - food, clothes, shoes, electronics, houses, cars, jewelry, etc.

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When I hear the word "America" or "American" I think of the fact that to a certain extent, we can voice our opinions and not get bashed over the head for it. We are allowed to chose our President by voting for who we think will best represent our Country. As Americans, we have a responsibility to represent not only our country, but ourselves as people. Through all of the positive American traits, there are flaws. We still need to work on accepting everyone no matter their gender, race, or identity.