Calling themselves Irish-american, African-american italian-american and so on. But why do you never hear some calling themselves British-american? I mean, there must be a lot of them.
2007-03-07 00:57:39 · 14 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I like to call myself either English-American or German-American, but if I don't feel like doing that I will just say European American!
I have stayed in the UK and canhonestly say that I have more pride in being British than American.
2007-03-07 01:20:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a very interesting observation - there is a lot of denial out there - there really is - just compare the top 20 most common names (at least 18 of them are english) with the immigration history pie charts. There ARE a lot of English-Americans.
And for some reason (maybe to do with the war of the 1770s or the way minorities keep on nationalism for much longer), many who are 3/4 english & 1/4 something else in their ancestry deny or are not even told about their 3/4 part - the English ancestry has somehow disappeared from their knowledge (much like the way none of the African Americans still know what language their ancestors spoke). This is truly odd & I bet this fact itself is also hushed up in America.
2007-03-07 11:00:50 · answer #2 · answered by profound insight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm British American. British citizen in America, I mean. I think its ridiculous that people call themselves Irish American, or 1/18 Swedish or some other obscure fraction of that. What is 1/18 of a person anyway? Are you serious? You're the nationality of the country you Seriously. I think anyone born in america is american, nothing else.
2007-03-07 14:09:50 · answer #3 · answered by Persephone 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because America is the greatest place in the world and people are proud to say they are american. As far as the Brits are concerend, there are not enough immigrants from Britain that one would notice that they say it also. The reason for that is , is that Britain is a democratic country, and it's government is run almost the same way the U. S. governs its country, and therefore they do not emmigrate to this country as much.
It all has to do with statistics.
2007-03-07 09:08:46 · answer #4 · answered by michelebaruch 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah there are lots of them - they're just called American.
Remember that the Americans fought a civil war of Independance against the British, so I can't image that they are as proud of their heritage as the Irish, African or Italian descendants.
2007-03-07 09:02:03 · answer #5 · answered by mark 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The thing here is "What they call themselves." An Irish-American in Ireland is still just a yank.
2007-03-07 10:24:36 · answer #6 · answered by maureen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do get some calling themselves AngloSaxon Americans. They tend to have their own armies and are heavily armed.
2007-03-07 09:00:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't call myself any of those. I'm a mix of German, Lithuanian, and Dutch. But I'm proud to call myself just an American.
2007-03-07 16:39:01 · answer #8 · answered by Delusions of Grandeur 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right. I asked a buddy of mine that's British-American and he just smiled at me. ...I don't know what he meant by it. Weird.
2007-03-07 09:01:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
oh there are, but generally they are the most affluent of american culture...most just call them WASPS and are subjected to ridcule for their overly pretentious attitude towards everyone else
2007-03-07 09:00:44 · answer #10 · answered by Nooka 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋