[Lil22916]

Since traveling to Costa Rica some years ago, I have been sensitive to the fact that everybody on the continents of South America and North America are Americans. It's in the names. We know that Asians are not just Chinese, and Europeans are not just Germans. Costa Ricans think that people from the United States are rather arrogant calling themselves Americans because people in Costa Rica are Americans too. I think part of the problem is that there is no word in our language for 'person from the United States.' I learned the Spanish word, estadounidense, and sometimes I find myself using that in conversation simply because in English I'd have to choose between 'person from the United States' or 'American' for people to understand who I'm talking about. Still, I always make a point not to call U.S. residents 'Americans,' especially when comparing with Mexicans, Cubans, Columbians, Brazilians, etc.

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Name : Lil22916, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 19, City : Macomb, State : IL Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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