The subject of a nation’s national identity has one that has been long debated. The American nation has become known as the melting pot of the world. A place where people from many diverse religions, ethnicities and nationalities can come and be welcome. However, we must understand that simply residing in a location known, as the United States of America does not automatically create in you the desire to become truly “American”. This point is one that is expressed by Samuel Huntington in his book WHO ARE WE? He describes a nation not as a mass of land or a group of people but rather he states that a nation exists only when a group of people not only cohabitate but in their cohabitation consciously think of themselves as a nation.