I don't really care how Americans feel about their culture.
For me, my culture, is, sadly, defined by a negative, my culture is 'I'm not American'. This 'I'm not American' is a culture that is common in the world, Kiwis (who probably also define themselves as 'Not Australian'), Canadians, British) any white, especially english speaking nation, defines itself by the fact that it's not American.
That's how bloody dominant American culture is. It's almost to the point sometimes where I wish I was French, or German, because at least they are protected by their language.
American culture is so dominant, that I've spent most of my time travelling around the world, telling people 'No, I'm not American' because everyone always assumes one is. It gets a bit old, but heh, that's the world we live in right?
ETA: I did also spend most of my travels in South-East Asia with a Chinese-Canadian (almost third generation Canadian, who could not speak Chinese to save her life) who spent a lot of time explaining she wasn't Chinese, which just goes to show how cultural dominance does shift from place to place, but 'being perceived as American' gave me protection/freedom that 'being perceived as Chinese' in many parts of Asia, didn't. Because as long as I was considered American, my independence was excused because American girls are wild sex fiends, but my friend, was just a big slut/prostitute who slept with American men. And she was threatened a couple of times because of it. I only got propositioned a few times. Perception is a bitch.
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For me, my culture, is, sadly, defined by a negative, my culture is 'I'm not American'. This 'I'm not American' is a culture that is common in the world, Kiwis (who probably also define themselves as 'Not Australian'), Canadians, British) any white, especially english speaking nation, defines itself by the fact that it's not American.
That's how bloody dominant American culture is. It's almost to the point sometimes where I wish I was French, or German, because at least they are protected by their language.
American culture is so dominant, that I've spent most of my time travelling around the world, telling people 'No, I'm not American' because everyone always assumes one is. It gets a bit old, but heh, that's the world we live in right?
ETA: I did also spend most of my travels in South-East Asia with a Chinese-Canadian (almost third generation Canadian, who could not speak Chinese to save her life) who spent a lot of time explaining she wasn't Chinese, which just goes to show how cultural dominance does shift from place to place, but 'being perceived as American' gave me protection/freedom that 'being perceived as Chinese' in many parts of Asia, didn't. Because as long as I was considered American, my independence was excused because American girls are wild sex fiends, but my friend, was just a big slut/prostitute who slept with American men. And she was threatened a couple of times because of it. I only got propositioned a few times. Perception is a bitch.