Why would anyone take pride fow their homeland. It's not an achievment, just a random thing. Never understood that pride.

Proud of the USA? No. 

I am an American and I am not proud of being an American, rather I'd say I feel lucky that I was born in the US and not in some remote island somewhere out there or some other countries where the freedom is limited for women and the opportunities are less. There is nothing to proud of any nationality, race, language, culture etc cause they were all given to you for the sheer accident of being born in that particular region. You couldn't even choose your own name when you were born, let alone the place of your birth and such.