What does it mean to be american in the 21 st century?

 For some Americans it is all about politics.others...to my saddened heart...it is race.but to me.. it means so much.for one,it means being enlightened enough to see that life is a crap shot.it is just a roll of the dice.my life in the United States has not been one of luxury,or entitlement.i was born to a mother who was an r.n.and a father who was a master welder at a steel mill.but,as i said,it is all in a roll of dice....by the age of 12 ,i was eating out of grocery store dumpsters,and then,i nearly died.but,that was not the worst.because at the time my father was ill,and my mother was barely making money ,now working part time for a bunch of pigs,i was not given adequate medical care.even the doctor over the hospital said so.so,i ended up with a chronic degenerate disease of the spine.so,i been the poster child of poverty in America.i see it still,although i do not understand why.being American to me is seeing what is wrong and working together for a answer.we should not be the police of the world.but,we should not allow barbaric genocide.we should work for world peace.but we should also be ready,for there are those whom war is there master.we should not allow the political fervor to keep us from doing whats right.but,it has only gotten worse.being American has nothing to due with politics.but what is right for America.we have seen the American dream sold off to the highest bidder.and this never should have been.we have had companies declared citizens,which is absurd .and we are a nation of immigrants.and yet,we now treat them as dogs.this is whats wrong.we never should be so intolerant.we should treat all sides equally.