Seit einiger Zeit ist dies anders, was zu einem Prozess geführt hat, den der Historiker und frühere Berater von Präsident John F. Kennedy, Arthur Schlesinger, in seinem Buch The Disuniting of America beschreibt.
More recently, this has changed, giving rise to a process described by Arthur Schlesinger, the historian and former aide to President John F. Kennedy, in his book The Disuniting of America. No longer are all US citizens Americans.