# Are you in America or not?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-in-america-or-not/530988>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 2, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-in-america-or-not/530988 "2010-03-02T14:38:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-in-america-or-not/530988/41 "2010-03-04T15:16:23Z")

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> [@Mehitabel](#):
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> Yes, Tamerlane was right, it was a joke by a clueless bigoted boss about a character who’s not only the smartest guy there but isn’t even Mexican–he’s a first-generation American of Mexican descent. The point is that other nations in the Americas all have names in English for their people which are clear and easy to understand, so why not keep using the word Americans for the most populated and oldest independent nation on the two continents? Relax.

I could care less what you call yourselves. But insults aren’t needed to make your point. And if there was ever a country and people that needed to relax, take a look in the mirror.

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