{"id":248640,"date":"2020-07-01T23:48:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T06:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=248640"},"modified":"2020-07-01T23:56:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T06:56:05","slug":"american-is-an-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/01\/american-is-an-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"American is an Attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Being American goes BEYOND nationality and borders. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>American is an attitude \u00e2\u20ac\u201d open to all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pledge allegiance to yourself <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/JySsxeDh?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/30\/open-mind-vs-closed-mind\/\">Open Mind vs Closed Mind<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been philosophizing a lot on what it means to be American. Some thoughts thus far:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Better to think of an \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/05\/the-american-race\/\">American race<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that goes <em>BEYOND<\/em> facial <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/14\/morphologyism\/\">morphology<\/a>, skin tone, etc.<\/li><li>America is a nation. Thus perhaps better to think about <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/28\/nationality-over-race\/\">nationalism<\/a> over racism. To be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153pro nation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is better than to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153pro race\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>But a better thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>What if being American could be an attitude? This means being \u00e2\u20ac\u0153American\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is open to all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/ifvZVprF?preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/26\/eric-kim-critique-of-race\/\">ERIC KIM Critique of Race<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">American culture and media<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I meet kids in Saigon, Vietnam who grew up listening to Eminem. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve met friends from Indonesia who grew up to Michael Jordan and the NBA. Name one kid internationally who hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t watched Transformers or a Marvel movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being American is an attitude, an ethos. Individualism. Creativity. Aberrant thinking. Free spirited. Free thinking, free flowing. Entrepreneurial. Hustler. We can do it all; no excuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/politics\/\">POLITICS<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/27\/all-is-biased\/\">All is Biased.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/15\/tolerance-vs-acceptance\/\">Tolerance vs Acceptance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/15\/chromatism\/\">CHROMATISM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/14\/morphologyism\/\">Morphologyism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/05\/the-american-race\/\">The American Race<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/25\/race-aint-real-morphology-is\/\">Race ain&#8217;t Real; Morphology is.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My thought: Being American goes BEYOND nationality and borders. 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