What is "The American Culture"?

When thinking about what I wanted to write this blog post about, I kept going back to the prompt, “is there a single American culture?”. I feel like being from such a diverse area

as Troy has given such a different insight into how much of a “melting pot” America actually is. Of course there are the classic American stereotypes of hamburgers, freedom, patriotism, and etc., but the “American culture” has no defined definition. To be American does not mean to be white and of western European descent. Anyone from any cultural background can be American!! Due to the vast mix of cultures in America, there is no single “American culture”. The American culture is all the different cultures of the citizens of the country.
Reading Song of Solomon, I noticed a lot of cultural differences within races, and between races in the same area. Whether it was comparing black housing to “white people’s houses” (Morrison 33), or comparing “colored people” to “nice colored people” (Morrison

32), Toni Morrison showed the true nature of american culture. During the time period that the novel is written in, segregation in American culture was extremely prevalent, and many different cultures developed as a result. It became normalized to think of races and even different income classifications between races as completely different entities. From that point, “the American culture” split up and became the different classifications of American cultures.
Today, society doesn’t have as much racial tension, and the younger generations are going against all the old-time prejudices. So even though America is full of very different cultures, there is one new single american culture blooming; one of acceptance of all backgrounds and types of people.