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

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

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

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(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."