What is your Ethnicity?

[Warrior]

There's a difference between a blood heritage and cultural heritage, you can have both, just one or a mix.
For example: my friend was adopted as a toddler from southeast Asia, she did a dna heritage test earlier this year and found that she's 84% Thai with some Malay and Belgian thrown in. She knows very little about her Thai heritage, (and hates spicy food) but that doesn't make her any less Thai than anyone from Thailand.

Idk man, when some americans tell me they are Irish and they just well, they don't know how to have the banter, I really think that a lot of the first generation Nigerian and Polish immigrants that live and work here are way more Irish than they are. That's just my opinion. I don't think race or ethnicity means much, to me I'd just say, yeah your friend is (I assume) an american, culturally american, and going to act in accordance with american social customs. So I just don't get why this ethnicity stuff matters. But that's just my opinion. I feel like America is such a huge place ,and so many people never travel outside of it - I feel like that's the real crux. A lot of people they like to say, oh I'm this but they don't know how it FEELS to be that I guess. They don't know squat.

TL;DR sick of people who don't know directions to the best pub on the keys acting like they are Irish. Most of them are just white americans, completely removed from what it means to be Irish, to live in Ireland.... They don't know any of these things. So why say you are Irish? I just don't get it at all lol

 

[Romaki]

My grandpa came from Poland to Germany because of WWII, but we also have family in the Netherlands.

 

[seliph]

So why say you are Irish? I just don't get it at all lol

Because they're Irish. Being an immigrant or not fitting a stereotype doesn't make someone any less their ethnicity. It's still in their blood whether you like it or not. Yeah it doesn't matter what other people's ethnicity is, but people are gonna be curious as to what peoples' backgrounds are just like people are curious as to what someone's favourite colour or song is and there's nothing wrong with that.

If it doesn't matter though why are you so bothered by it?

 

[Warrior]

Because they're Irish. Being an immigrant or not fitting a stereotype doesn't make someone any less their ethnicity. It's still in their blood whether you like it or not. Yeah it doesn't matter what other people's ethnicity is, but people are gonna be curious as to what peoples' backgrounds are just like people are curious as to what someone's favourite colour or song is and there's nothing wrong with that.

If it doesn't matter though why are you so bothered by it?

All I'll say is, your race or ethnicity are not deterministic of you and your tastes, attitudes or humour, only the community you grow up surrounded by will impact you in this way. Immigrants who live here? some of the biggest dubs around are chinese, and that's fun! that's what's so fun! no matter what ethnicity or race you are, you can live here and grow here and we will all share in the bond of our culture, because we're immersed in it. This is why I think only community matters.

 

[King Dorado]

imma hafta look up last month's thread on this so's i can cut and past my response...

 

[King Dorado]

yeh i did answer this before. so my prior answer is now canon:

I'm half Welsh, half Norwegian, half Austrian, half Tsalagi, and half Doberman Pinscher.

 

[seliph]

All I'll say is, your race or ethnicity are not deterministic of you and your tastes, attitudes or humour, only the community you grow up surrounded by will impact you in this way. Immigrants who live here? some of the biggest dubs around are chinese, and that's fun! that's what's so fun! no matter what ethnicity or race you are, you can live here and grow here and we will all share in the bond of our culture, because we're immersed in it. This is why I think only community matters.

Yeah that's what I was getting at which made me confused at the whole "You can't be Irish if you can't tell me the best pubs" thing or whatever but hey work

yeh i did answer this before. so my prior answer is now canon:

I'm half Welsh, half Norwegian, half Austrian, half Tsalagi, and half Doberman Pinscher.

Dorado I can't believe this whole time you've been a tiny dog

 

[Haydenv019]

100% Philippino, yet to see what I actually am with DNA

 

[Chris]

British.

Half-English/half-Scottish, to be more specific.

 

[Hyoon]

i'm half korean, viet, and terrible at speaking both languages i never really wanted to speak my asian languages growing up cause it wasn't "cool" so it's a shame that i can't now.

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

Apparently I'm a Brit, after going all my life believing I am Irish because well... I am a pasty ass ginger kid, with a Scottish ass name. But when I did my DNA it said predominantly British.

 

[King Dorado]

Dorado I can't believe this whole time you've been a tiny dog

my real name is King Corgi.

 

[aericell]

100% Filipino as far as I know

 

[unravel]

Filipino, Chinese and Spaniard

 

[Heyden]

half filipino half australian

 

[visibleghost]

i am swedish and i am pretty sure all my recent ancestors have been swedish as well.

i think it becomes silly when people say theyre 2% german, 3% norweigan, 7% irish, 5% ancient roman and so on. of course it can be interesting to know where your ancestors are from and it can affect your identity and whatever but when people do the 1/57th thing i don't see the point anymore. "ethnicity" can mean a ton of different things but i have always seen it as where you're from, both through blood and culture.
obviously it depends on the person and i'm sure people with a more diverse heritage might feel different about it but i just think it's weird. people can't seem to call themselves ethnical americans even if their ancestors came to the continent in the 1700s. like, people whose family has lived in the us for three hundred years and still don't call themselves even one percent ethnically american are just weird imo.

 

[Warrior]

Yeah that's what I was getting at which made me confused at the whole "You can't be Irish if you can't tell me the best pubs" thing or whatever but hey work

uhm... why not? that's not a stereotype, drinking and alcohol is a huge part of our culture. In any small backwater town in Ireland we've three pubs and one chruch. You'd think I was kidding but that's just how it is. But pubs aren't just about alcohol, what's a good pub got to have? it's got to have a good sesh. What's a sesh? Trad music.

It's not a stereotype, drinking just actually is a big thing here. It's a huge part of our tourist industry too..... so why would it be a stereotype? I'm actually a little insulted you think I'm mocking my own country for our love of a good sesh.... but I suppose that's just how someone who doesn't get it would see it.

 

[usa-chan]

I'm Filipino, but I've never lived in the Philippines.

 

[Arckaniel]

1/8 Chinese, everything else Filipino xD

 

[cornimer]

Half German, Half British