Passage: “The automatic equation that the native-born student makes between “America” and the United States seems to make sense only because our culture has traditionally endorsed the idea that the United States is America and, by implication, that other countries in this hemisphere are somehow inferior – not the genuine article. We tend to accept this equation and its unfortunate implications because we are products of our culture.”
Response: This stands out the most to me because without explaining what America consists of I would have had the same mindset as the person who answered the question.I have had a mindset that United States is America. Yet I am reminded that United States is only a portion of America. I think we feel “privileged” to live in “America”.