You've heard about that Coke commercial, with people singing "America the Beautiful" in a half-dozen languages. You've heard about the conservative apoplexy in response to its not being, um, "Anglo" enough.
Well, let's get one thing straight: The United States is not a one-language country. It never has been. It never will be. And I'm not just talking about the Indians (Props to the indigenous Keres language featured, by the way!).
English happens to be dominant because most of the elites spoke it then and speak it now. It is a part of American culture, but it is not an integral part of American culture. America is still America no matter what languages are spoken here.
And you see, that's what the commercial hammers home...
The commercial's point is very simple: It isn't our language or our culture or our religion that ties us together. It's America, the beautiful. The love for our country. That's what we all have in common. It doesn't matter how we say it or how we show it, or how long we've been here.
From the start, our country decided that being an American wouldn't be defined by the same old divisive metrics they used back in the Old World, but by the shared goal of pushing the nation forward, and the communal effort we put into it. Everything else is personal, period. Our shared love for this country is so strong that our differences actually bring us together in celebration instead of driving us apart in anger.
To the "Americans" out there whose reactions reveal their hatred, "concern", or outraged pouting, I point out frankly that it's literally un-American of you to be shocked to find out that not everyone in this country is like you. Because we aren't. And we never were.