Bourne and Chesterton

“We act as if we wanted Americanization to take place only on our own terms, and not by the consent of the governed. All our elaborate machinery of settlement and school and union, of social and political naturalization, however, will move with friction just in so far as it neglects to take into account this strong and virile insistence that America shall be what the immigrant will have a hand in making it, and not what a ruling class, descendant of those British stocks which were the first permanent immigrants, decide that America shall be made. This is the condition which confronts us, and which demands a clear and general readjustment of our attitude and our ideal”.

Every individual living USA has a different image of what Americanizing is. Many living outside of USA has a completely different idea of Americanizing compared to actual people living in USA based on what is presented in the media about American culture. I strongly believe that the USA amendment shapes the USA culture especially the “right to expression” amendment. This law gives people in USA to express their self however they want and believe in whatever they want and government won’t get involved in it unless it is threating someone or it is a national issue.

According to my belief I think Americanizing is the acceptance of any culture mixed with the modern society. Many US citizens whose parents are from another country tend to follow in their own background culture and the modern culture together. A good example of that would be that in media we see that raps can be done in any languages; it is sort of Americanizing internationally.