Americans, etc., They are clearly mixed, and they are American born and still hang on to a bunch of old country names that more than half of them have never visited any of those countries they protest to be from in ancestory? Why not drop that stuff, and the same goes for the African American, and the Hispanic, Chinese what ever. It just seems that our people are so inclined to bend over backwards for this long distance ancestry, and they would not be accepted there especially not Germany as a mix? hmmm?
Arabs from Saudi don't accept a mix of Lebanese and Saudi, that one of friends is and he loves it here because he is born here and he knows how lucky he is to be here too, because there he is an outcast. These loyalties to me to other countries are displaced. The loyalty is to the country you are born and that we should all be proud of . Don't you agree? Comments welcome.
2007-01-17 15:04:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I'm Italian-American, and call myself as such. My father was born over there and is an immigrant. My name is totally "ethnic"; there's simply no way I can escape that, I've lived with comments about being Italian right after I said my name for my entire life. My whole family from dad on descends from the same (very small rural) village in the southerly Italia region. I was raised surrounded by the culture, especially in my childhood / teen years, all the family friends were Italians, etc etc, speak the language, follow the Italian politics, cheered for the Italian team in the World Cup last summer (and yes they did win... :-) . When I go there I feel very welcome and happy in my dad's original hometown, not like an outsider at all. The majority of the people in the town and the nearby city share the same last name as me. So, although I'm an American by legal citizenship and therefore "pop" American culture is necessarily a large part of who I am, so is the culture of Italy (particularly our native region) and everything that is called as Italian. I'm not going to give up the hyphenation, sorry to other Americans whom it may offend, I don't really care. It's too big a part of who I am.
2007-01-17 15:19:56 · answer #1 · answered by DinoDeSanto 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree completely. I have some German, Norwegian, Irish, English and a bit of french in me. I am the 3rd generation of my family to be born in this country. My great grand parents immigrated here in 1888. Since I was born in this country that makes me a true native born American. Just as much as anyone else who was ever born here or anyone else who is considered a native. I am a true American and proud of it.
2007-01-17 15:17:01 · answer #2 · answered by ally_oop_64 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i think the ones who define themselves that way, are probably the ones who did actually live in the country or they are first or second generation to be born here. remember, the USA is not very old and none of us have been here all that long except for the Native American Indians. i would doubt that this declaration will not last more than another generation or two, unless asked what their nationality (ies) is (are). good point tho. i appreciate your sentiment
2007-01-17 15:35:10 · answer #3 · answered by AlwaysWondering 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because our heritage might be Swedish, German, Polish or whatever, but we live in America. What is so hard to understand about that?
2016-05-24 02:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't do that. I'm American.
I don't see what the whole "yay, I'm (insert nationality)" is about. It's not something most of us did anything to get, we were just born in a country and stayed there. It's as logical as starting a movement for pride in one's eye color.
2007-01-17 15:09:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It beats the hell out of me.
I'm an American and would never put another nationality in front of that just because my great-grandparents were born there.
2007-01-17 15:08:53 · answer #6 · answered by Swordfish_13 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Only a small percentage of the population do that willingly, most of it is pushed forward by self-concious liberals who are so afraid of offending anyone that they try to give a politically correct label to everyone. I'm a mixture of various European bloodlines; Dutch, English, and Scottish mostly. But I was born in California as were my parents, grandparents, great-g's, etc, back to before the Revolutionary War. Should I call myself a Dutch-English-Scottish-American? Sounds kinda silly. As far as I'm concerned you are who you are. If you were born elsewhere but move to America and become a citizen, then you're an American - period. If someone wants to know more then tell `em about your wonderful heritage. But don't be an Elsewhere-American, that's insulting to you and to your country.
2007-01-17 15:16:13 · answer #7 · answered by My Evil Twin 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
actually how can we be true Americans in the first place? What we consider native Americans should actually be Americans and we should be called native German American or native Italian American etc.. i think that makes since how about you guys
2007-01-17 15:10:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I am american. but my race is asian and spanish. I don't brag about it.
I just say I'm american. Until people assume something like "are you chinese?"
then it gets annoying.
2007-01-17 15:10:32 · answer #9 · answered by choosinghappiness 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an American and very proud of that.
2007-01-17 15:12:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋