Is It A White Country Or What Summary

How Do We Define Who Is “American”? How to define an American? What a hard question to be answered among all immigrants who live in America. Most people could not distinguish between the people who are living in America from those who are actually Americans. In the last two decades, many people have moved to America seeking a better life. They came from all over the world with different social class and backgrounds to live in this geographical location; therefore, America is considered as a diverse country that is made up of multiple cultures. As discussed in class, there are some attributes that can define Americans from other national identities such as racial physical properties including skin color in addition to other attributes as laws, language, and benefits. …show more content…
As Rubin says in the article “Is This a White Country, Or What?”, “They’re white, aren’t they? They’re real Americans, aren’t they? This is their country, isn’t it?” (Rubin, 231).Thus, some Americans believe that real Americans are white and other races are not considered Americans. This used to be an issue for people who are not considered Americans because of their different race than white people such as African-Americans, Latinos and others, but not anymore because nowadays the word “American” defines and consists of all different skin colors roots, religion, culture, and language; there is no difference between European Americans, Latin Americans, Black Americans, Asian Americans and White Americans. They all have the right to live equally in this country as citizens of