Today in class we discussed what is distinctly American and what that means. Most people answered with Baseball and hot dogs. But is that what’s really American? The U.S. is known as a melting pot for a reason. Everything that the U.S. is known for is from somewhere else. Hot dogs are from Germany, the idea of pizza is from Italy, and so on and so fourth. This also relates to our music. The reason the rest of the world likes American music so much is because it is a mix of everything. The different kinds of music made all over the country have been blended together. I don’t believe that any one thing could be distinctly American.  I believe that the melting pot comparison is the most distinctly American thing ever. The mixing of cultures, races, and ideas is what America is about.