What makes a country great? It is not how much money the country has or the size of the country because a country is just a large collection of people living within set boundaries. A country gets its greatness on how happy it’s citizens are, what it contributes to the rest of the world, and how it got to be the country it is. In the opening scene of the “Newsroom”, a female college girl questions, “What makes America the greatest country in the world?” to a panel discussion. America, however, is not the greatest country in the world. Many people might argue that the freedoms that are celebrated, or the intense patriotic pride seen throughout the nation steers the nation to be the greatest country. This, however, is unfactual since America
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American settlers took the generosity of the Natives for granted the natives “took pity on them...gave them corn and meat; [the settlers] gave [the Natives] poison in return” (“Worship” 1 *ask how to cite this source). America was built on the pain of these suffering people, but the America people take immense amounts of pride in the nation’s beginnings. Not only did European immigrants take the Native American’s homeland, but they tried to strip the natives of their cherished religion. The Natives believe in a Great Spirit that had “created the buffalo, the deer, and other animals for food. He made the bear and the beaver, and their skins [to serve them[ for clothing...He caused the earth to produce corn for bread. All of this he had done for his red children because he [loves] them” (“Worship 1****). This belief was an important aspect of the Natives’ culture and everyday lives, but the colonists did not respect that and tried strip away this religion and replace it with Christianity. The colonists gained ignorance towards the Native customs and tried to convince them that the Christian God surpasses the Great Spirit. By attempting to strip away their religious beliefs, the American settlers treat the Natives as inferiors and not worthy of their respect. This unsettling time in American History sets an unsettling precedent for American philosophy, with as American culture tends to treat non-white inhabitants of the nation as inferiors to the white
American settlers took the generosity of the Natives for granted the natives “took pity on them...gave them corn and meat; [the settlers] gave [the Natives] poison in return” (“Worship” 1 *ask how to cite this source). America was built on the pain of these suffering people, but the America people take immense amounts of pride in the nation’s beginnings. Not only did European immigrants take the Native American’s homeland, but they tried to strip the natives of their cherished religion. The Natives believe in a Great Spirit that had “created the buffalo, the deer, and other animals for food. He made the bear and the beaver, and their skins [to serve them[ for clothing...He caused the earth to produce corn for bread. All of this he had done for his red children because he [loves] them” (“Worship 1****). This belief was an important aspect of the Natives’ culture and everyday lives, but the colonists did not respect that and tried strip away this religion and replace it with Christianity. The colonists gained ignorance towards the Native customs and tried to convince them that the Christian God surpasses the Great Spirit. By attempting to strip away their religious beliefs, the American settlers treat the Natives as inferiors and not worthy of their respect. This unsettling time in American History sets an unsettling precedent for American philosophy, with as American culture tends to treat non-white inhabitants of the nation as inferiors to the white