Contributor: What 'America' meant before 1776, and who 'Americans' are today
- Posted on February 17, 2026
- By Los Angeles Times
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Contributor: What 'America' meant before 1776, and who 'Americans' are today
The label is often wielded now to exclude brown people, but these two continents have been a melting pot since long before the U.S. was founded.
