Well, everybody born in the american continent is technically “american” too, including Central and South America. Is there a specific term in english for these people?

    • nixcamic@lemmy.world
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      3 years ago

      Not everyone who identifies as American has citizenship, and not everyone with citizenship identifies as American. It’s not synonymous.

      • Rolando_Cueva@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 years ago

        US residents are not Americans. They can identify all they want but it doesn’t make it true.

        I might relate to Americans on many things but unless I move there and become a citizen I’ll never be American.

        I don’t disagree with your second sentence though. Considering that some US citizens inherited their citizenship from their parents but never lived there for prolonged periods of time. For them, being a US citizen is just a technicality.