America in 3 Words by Kendra Vandermeer

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kvandermeer2 — 2021-10-11 05:37:48 UTC

Title your post with your first and last name, and answer using complete sentences.

What common themes did you notice in the video related to how people around the world view American identity?
Which labels and assumptions from the video ring true, based on your own experience?
Which feel untrue to you? Why?
What three words would you choose to describe America? Explain.

Daymon Brady

2026-03-09 16:23:56 UTC

Disciplined, Hollywood, nice, ignorant, rich, powerful, Christian, independent,
I feel like America is rich and powerful because a lot of people in America have a lot of money. We are powerful because of our military and the weapons we own
Disciplined and nice, America is not disciplined if we were no crimes would happen. America is mean to a lot of people of color and it makes this country ignorant
Freedom: we are the freedom country
Violence: there is a lot of violence in America especially towards people of color
Powerful: our military power is insane and the weapons we own are very powerful including our tech

Neto corcoles

2026-03-09 16:24:52 UTC

We are independent but also ignorant. Most Spanish speakers said good thing about us.

Raymond jacques

2026-03-09 16:24:53 UTC

1 something that I heard more then one time was strong rich powerfully/power

2 I think I agree with the powerfully and smart because of what I seen on the news

3 ignorant I feel like was not a good one because I feel like that where very ahead I think and have are stuff mostly toghter

4power , smart , intelligent

Ben Mann

2026-03-09 16:25:07 UTC

Some words that were mentioned multiple times in the video include: power, ignorant, imperial, money, nice, and money.

Bob Mendez

2026-03-09 16:25:18 UTC

Kai Leidhoff

2026-03-09 16:25:47 UTC

I heard ignorant and power multiple times and being rich or money.
we are quite powerful and do have a lot of money as a country not individualized.
I think that as a country we are not very nice.
my three words would be, maga, war, billionaires.

Jonathan Chan

2026-03-09 16:27:39 UTC

The common theme that was repeated was ignorant rich in power, rich wise in general, powerful.
What rings true for me would be ignorance powerful and rich exactly how thUnited Stateses is
What feels very untrue would be nice because this country takes advantage of its power and lets those who built this country from scratch to suffer and rot
The three words I would describe America would be Ignorance, Powerful, and unfair I choose these 3 words because till this day we see how people that have only helped the country get treated like absolute garbage, gets forcefully abused by law enforcement when all they want is to prosper.

Anthony James Gardiol

2026-03-09 16:27:55 UTC

hollywppd, independent
money mponey money
nice because us mean
my three words, cool, awesome, magnificent.

Jayden Zazueta

2026-03-09 16:28:33 UTC

1 Money was a big thing for most of them because the US always speaks about money

2 . were powerful and rich.

3 . That we're rich because not everyone is rich, and the US is in debt.

4 Freedom Power Money

Mike Hugo

2026-03-09 16:29:27 UTC

1. they know the most popular things that come from America such as rap, hollywood and LA. they also remember their personality like nice and ignorant.

the statements that they made that I believe are true is that Americans are ignorant and dangerously stupid.
some statements that I believe aren't true were the ones that said Americans are kind. although some people are kindhearted but there are tons of terrible people
the three words that I would use to describe America are fascism, amalgam and power hungry

Isaac Mendoza

2026-03-09 16:29:33 UTC

1. money, ignorance, power, Hollywood.

Something that rings true is that we are mainly known for movies, money, and fame, but they also said ignorant and powerful Which are also true in their own ways.

3. They all think we are very nice, but we really aren't

money hungry, selfish, money

Sara Safi

2026-03-09 16:29:45 UTC

Modern naivety Hollywood

ignont power chistan

I think most of the people see the USA as a powerful country

My three words are

Education

freedom

Decmocracy

kaiya g

2026-03-09 16:30:21 UTC

they all view it as a money run and decent country
ignorant nice power violation of human rights
rich because there is lots of poverty in america
power

Robert Barker

2026-03-09 16:31:25 UTC

Hollywood is flashy and powerful due to its wealth, and it often comes with an inflated ego.

I feel one of the words is powerful because a lot of our government officials are rich and get away with the worst of the worst compared to other countries.

one that feels untrue is not very nice but i feel theirs a lot of nice people to so i feel its untrue.

powerful,fake,money.

Rose Gurrola

2026-03-09 16:31:27 UTC

Common thing's I notice is a lot of people say America is ignorant, powerful, and rich.
The labels and assumptions from the video that are true is America needs to improve itself. How America is about money and power.
I feel that America isn't responsible. America isn't very responsible at all because of the president he makes very dumb decisions.
Powerful because America is the most powerful country.
Divided because we are divided between Democrats and Republicans.
Materialistic because America focuses on material thing's.

Angello Ortiz

2026-03-09 16:32:29 UTC

Saying that we're ignorant,naive,rich,money

One label that is true is that we have a strong military

I do think one thing that was untrue is that we not only be rich due to the US having a huge percentage of poor people here

3 words I would discribe America is

welthy freedom and power

Angel Anaya Gonzalez

2026-03-09 16:32:56 UTC

1. A theme I noticed that people around the world see America as is that a lot of people think that America has a lot of power an rich because in the video they mentioned a lot that the rich have power.

2.some labels that I believe that are true because of my own experience is that america has power and military power because a few weeks ago trump sent a bomb to target a isareal leader from

3.something that feels untrue to me is that people assume america is rich but people from other countries think that but not all of america is rich.

4.three words I would describe America would be Rights,Military, power and I chose these because because America has a very strong military and Has a lot of rights and power because of there amount of money and there strong military

Fernanda Carmona

2026-03-09 16:34:19 UTC

Common themes: Imperial, ignorance, money

Label and assumptions: power, rich as a country not individually

Untrue: I think this country isn't disciplined.

3 words I would use to describe America are power, money hungry and maga

Janine Reyes

2026-03-09 16:34:59 UTC

1 I noticed that people kept describing it as Ignorant Hollywood and powerful

2 what rings true for me was ignorant because is true in some types of ways

3 Powerful