If you are white, do you consider yourself European??

Question

even if you were born in america, do you still consider yourself a european the way blacks still consider themselves africans as in african americans.

Answer 1

I'm American, mostly white, with some Indian (Native American) heritage, and sometimes I refer to my European heritage (French and Spanish, mostly) when it comes up in discussion.
Some Blacks call themselves African Americans, others don't. It's a matter of personal preference. For that matter, I've heard some white Ameicans call themselves Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans, German-Americans, etc. Just a matter of whether or not one's ancestry is relevant to the discussion.

Answer 2

Well yes I do in a way. Because some of my ancestors came from England. On my mothers side I have Cherokee ancestory. I am 1/16 Cherokee Indian. On my Fathers side I can trace my ancestory back to James Carver who came from England with William Penn in the 1600's. Not the James Carver that was the first governor of the Plymouth colony because he had no known children but was probably related to the James Carver that came with William Penn. So I can be both if I want, European or Indian. So if the blacks want to call themselves African- Americans I can certainly call myself a European Cacasoid or an American Indian. The blacks only do it because they think being called an African- American is more dignified than being called colored or black or Afro- American. That's one of the reasons they will sometimes wear that African Royalty get up look to think that they are projecting a "I am decended from African royalty" so I am as high on the pedestal as a white person. And they will sometimes put those hair extensions in so that their short African hair will look long like a white persons. They need to get real! and just be black.

Answer 3

I never liked the term "white" (or black, yellow, and red) to describe ethnicity. We are all shades of the same color; artists call this color burnt sienna. Yes I consider myself American of European decent. If I didn't I would be an idiot for not acknowledging my families history. My family came to the new world from Northwest Europe (England, Ireland, Scotland, France, and Holland, with a likely bit of Spanish, Viking, and German). My families languages are European: English, and French. So what else could I be other than European-American? I could call myself just plain old American, but there may be a few natives floating around that would disagree. I like to call myself a Californian; it is less politically changed when traveling outside the US.

In my projected life-time, my family will have been in North America for 400 years, and in California for 200!

I should also add that not all "whites" originated from Europe.

I recently heard a great quote, "you are not from a place unless you have one of your own in the local cemetery, and one of your own in the local school". I don't know who said this.

Answer 4

i'm white, yet no longer American. British. If somebody has a citizenship for a rustic, they're therefor American, and not as an occasion: French, British or Irish. (ecu international places). someone's nationality on paper would be different while in comparison with what they interpret their selves as. If a guy or woman is born in Africa, and strikes to the US then they probably nevertheless experience African, truly than American. additionally there is not any such element as ecu-American. Europe is a continent. it would be British-American or German-American etc. Technically, peoples roots lie in a different place, people have different perspectives on how people began in the worldwide yet ninety 9.9% of the time you have gotten got here from someplace else. In modern-day days, a white american is an American, then you get community american, black american and a few others. yet remember, on paper, you're ONE nationality. Oh and your call would desire to be: 'I have been given my hair finished' or 'I actual have had my hair finished'. Your call isn't grammatically suitable. Sorry, purely theory i'd factor it out. Oh yeah and GOD save THE QUEEN! i'm british! :D :D

Answer 5

No, I don't because I'm a Real-American not a Hyphenated-One. I trace my ancestry back to Memphis, Tennessee. And my father was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina just like my grandfather was. My mother was born in Memphis and her father was born in Tyronza, Arkansas. I have no records past this and haven't bothered to search past my grandparents. So, basically, I don't even know if my ancestors EVER came from Europe.

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

yes, i do consider myself of european decent even though i was born in the US

to me, and this may be because i'm a bio major and i'm a realist, your genetics matter much more than your place of birth.

if my mother had hopped on an airplane and flew to china and given birth to me there, i wouldn't consider myself chinese just because i was born on that soil.

where you are born matters less than who your parents were.

in fact, where you were born has absolutely no affect at all as to what you will look like. it's all about your parents and their genes.

so yes, i consider myself an european to some extend.

Answer 8

My ancestors came from Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Ireland, so for me "White" is of European decent.

Answer 9

Not even my friend.All sides of my family came from England to the U.S.,between 1620 and the latest 1863.No one would want to be known as European.Some soft Socialist in a cable-knit sweater with B.O. sipping Perrier.
If you're an American in the bedroom,what are you in the bathroom?......You're a peein'! Ha ,Ha!(I'm just goofin')

Answer 10

yes, i'm white and European - Russian in fact and an American citizen