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Why is Nevada's governor pictured here?
[[File:Brian Sandoval 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Brian Sandoval]], 2010.]]
[[File:50 star flag.png|thumb|300px|The flag which unites all American citizens]]
The term '''American''' in common parlance around the world, means "resident of the United States," or "pertaining to the [[United States]]." Thus: American citizen, American history, American foreign policy.
The term '''American''' in common parlance around the world, means "resident of the United States," or "pertaining to the [[United States]]." Thus: American citizen, American history, American foreign policy.
Leftists in recent years have attacked this meaning, claiming that all the residents of North and South America are just as much Americans. They claim that people in Latin America are offended. They want no one to use the term.
Leftists in recent years have attacked this meaning, claiming that all the residents of North and South America are just as much Americans. They claim that people in Latin America are offended. They want no one to use the term.
In fact people outside the United States almost never call themselves "Americans", and almost always limit the term to the U.S. The people of Canada, for example, almost never call themselves "Americans."
In fact, people outside the United States almost never call themselves "Americans", and almost always limit the term to the U.S. The people of Canada, for example, almost never call themselves "Americans."
The term "North America" usually refers only to the U.S. and Canada, but sometimes Mexico is included, as in the "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA).
The term "North America" usually refers only to the U.S. and Canada, but sometimes Mexico is included, as in the "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA).
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Villafañe G. Santo, . Luís Cláudio. "American, United Statian, Usamerican, or Gringo?" ''AmeriQuests'' (2005) 2#1 [http://ejournals.library.vanderbilt.edu/ameriquests/viewarticle.php?id=21&layout=html&OJSSID=4d93ed8e8b059174a7b4b41c3d215eff online edition]
* Villafañe G. Santo, Luís Cláudio. "American, United Statian, Usamerican, or Gringo?" ''AmeriQuests'' (2005) 2#1 [http://ejournals.library.vanderbilt.edu/ameriquests/viewarticle.php?id=21&layout=html&OJSSID=4d93ed8e8b059174a7b4b41c3d215eff online edition]
[[Category:Ethnicities]]
[[Category:Ethnicities]]