do Americans have a culture?

do Americans have a culture?my teacher said americans dont have a culture. I mean their own culture something they created. or is that considered to be made by the British because they colonized the area? I thought they do, but I may be wrong. america has a history with cowboys and native Americans even though america was settled by the British people have created things that are unique and not have been created anywhere else.native Americans have their own style of dress same with cowboys.

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ViciDraco · 36-40, M

Everyone is an immigrant from somewhere. If the British owned American culture by way of colonization, then all culture would by extension be African culture. Which I think would be a silly argument to make.

Spoiledbrat · F

That’s confusing to me because I was born in America. In fact, I’ve never even been oversees for so much as a visit. @ViciDraco

Spoiledbrat · F

We are all immigrants refugees or [i]descendants[/i] of immigrants. That would be me. I did not migrate here. I was born here and so was my great grandparents and their parents. @ViciDraco

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@Spoiledbrat I was speaking to the original point that because the British came here that our culture is their culture. I have no idea how many generations my family has been here. I am certainly far removed from immigrants myself.

Girlyfriendcollecting · F

@ViciDraco so native Americans are also immigrants?where would native Americans immigrate from?

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@Girlyfriendcollecting East Asia over the land Bridges. No humans evolved in the Americas.

My point is mostly that culture becomes separate as people are separated by distance and time. Americans are reasonably separated by distance and time as to be recognized as a distinctive culture from Britain.

And in truth, we have multiple cultures within our country as well. The deep South and the Northeast both have similar ancestral links but their cultures are indeed quite different.