Christopher Hitchens Quotes

The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.

Nationality is a very curious thing. The blood is Scots and the temperament is Scots, but I am, in fact, 100% American.

Some call me a Cuban hyphen American. I reject that. I don't believe in hyphenated Americans.

While I resonate deeply with my maternal cultural heritage, I identify as American.

I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover.

I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.

I feel Anglo-American.

I exist in this hyphen. I'm an Indian-American-Muslim kid, but am I more Indian, or am I more American? What part of my identity am I?

My family came from Spain in 1725, and if people want to consider me Hispanic, they can, but I didn't advertise that way, and I'm an American first.

It's a complicated issue, but I define myself as an American, primarily.

Explain to me what Italian-American culture is. We've been here 100 years. Isn't Italian-American culture American culture? That's because we're so diverse, in terms of intermarriage.

I struggled with being a Latino growing up in Los Angeles. I felt very American. I still do. I went to 35 bar mitzvahs before I went to a single quinceanera. I could talk all day about my culture and what it means to me.

There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all.

I am Chinese, but I am thoroughly American.

It was very hard for me, for most of my life, to feel American, or call myself American, and that is a very complicated topic that would require a very long conversation.

I am second-generation American, and my grandparents are from Puerto Rico.

I just grew up in the States, so I feel like I identify more with the American culture.

I believe my soul isn't entirely German because my home is so disorderly.

There are several different traits that make up a person's identity. For me, being Vietnamese American is the entirety of who I am.

I'm just as happy to be Polish as I am to be German.

I've always had a complex relationship towards my identity as an American.

No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island.

I'm certainly proud to be Cuban American, and it's a fantastic opportunity for anybody - regardless of their ethnicity or nationality. It does carry a measure or pride to know where you're from and to know what your roots are.

I come from an immigrant culture. I'm only a couple of generations away from having been a servant girl myself.