American culture

Ever hear of the American Indians?

A culture made up of different cultures is also considered a culture. To take up your theory is to say the all the countries in the world don't have their OWN cultures because they're made up of different ethnic groups (migration is what makes cultures and countries). Europe was made by Homo erectus travelling from Africa, Hispanics are a mix of a bunch of ethnic groups…you, my friend, don't have culture!

what is american culture? sense americon culture can mean north or south america and the u.s is such a melting pot .

american roots are those of the settlers arriving from different countries and planting their roots. that means that australia has no roots, neither does Canada…or you might just be wrong…yes, i think you are!

brilliant!

American Indians were not the first here. In fact they were drop offs in about the middle of the migration of man as he spread from Africa to the Americas.

For those not understanding what the commenter was trying to tell you, you should probably watch ” the journy of man” if describes how over 50,000 years man migrated from Africa to all other parts of that world.

However the poster who said that culture is created it correst. Groups that dropped off and began living according to values they created, along with languages they created and more. became cultures.

Second anthropologist opinion here. If the United States population’s collective history, connections, beliefs, and current actions by your definition is not ‘culture’ because the people themselves have genetic roots from around the world, then let us examine the question, “How far back does one’s genetic history have to go in a region before one is considered integrated ‘culturally’ within that region?” If we make recent immigration and settlement the criteria by which we disqualify a prospective cultural presence, then we must also define ‘recent’ within that context. Under your theory, one might possibly say that the only human settlement on earth with a culture is the San tribe in Africa. Everyone can from somewhere. Most Americans may have emigrated more recently from their respective countries of origin, but it is hardly the first time a country’s inhabitants have blended their cultures, languages, beliefs, and lifestyles together- nor, of course, will it be the last.

Anthropologist here… America has a culture… it’s just been vilified and depleted  because of disgraceful people like the ones on this site.   Thank you…

American culture is not,in fact ,an oxymoron. Americans are a culmination of people who have immigrated as well as the American Indians. Culture is what a group of people decide how they wish to live and develop what we call a democracy.Ever here of the constitution?

to define America and those that make up the fabric of American  as a culture is an oxymoron.  Can we define the greatest gift that any country can provide, as a disision made by one culture or another? Who cares who arrived first.  We are free to call America what ever we want, and have the guns to back it up.  Go liberate the socialistic independence of Europe.  Cheers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture of the United States

A country from which produced rock ‘n’ roll, blues, jazz, punk rock, bluegrass, hip hop, swing, ragtime, transcendentalism, tin pan alley, country music, rhythm & blues, abstract expressionism, skateboarding, snowboarding, volleyball, paintballing, decorative impressionism, dark romanticism, and has a rich history of cinema, literature, theatre, etc. has no culture?
In addition, just because the culture of the US is younger than most countries does not prove that the US has no culture.

It’s an oxymoron because America is a melting pot. The word “culture” usually pertains to nations of a single race. (ie Mexico, India, Africa, China)…they have a culture because they aren’t all mixed up.