‘You’re not Danish!’ What the viral video teaches us about being American.

Otherhood
Scarlet, a 7 year old who was born in Denmark reacting to being told she is not Danish.

(Season 2, Episode 14) In the US, any citizen, of any culture, is American. In Denmark, that’s not necessarily the case. The Danish Parliament has issued a statement that seems to say only immigrants and their children from western countries really count as "Danish."

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