How non-americans view America

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Well, I personally do not view my ethnic heritage as an important factor when defining who I am. I did not choose it, I did nothing to accomplish it. But I do participate in certain traditions and ceremonies. Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is tomorrow and Wednesday, and I will take part in it. Traditions are handed down. You can discard them, or integrate them into your life.

Well, I can understand that it doesn't really matter much when you're in America, however America is a non-ethnicity based country. Like you kind of embrace your mexican heritage which is much closer(and there are mexicans in America, who define themselves as an ethnic group first), however you leave out the rest, which are far away from you, like the russians, for example.

No, it does. But many breaches of etiquette are considered unfriendly.

Well, here you have to stick to etiquette even if you are enemies with someone.

I imagine that is true. In my city we have large populations of recent immigrant Russians, Ukrainians, southeast Asians (Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand), Koreans and Latinos. Also a smattering of many other nationalities / cultures. Most of us are immigrants, though many have been here for many generations. I myself am 4th generation, with my maternal family originally from the UK immigrated via Canada, and my paternal family from Poland and Lithuania.

Polish/lithuanian? I think there are many poles in America, and most are in the military, I think.