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| Topic: Your heritage isn't American, and it's surely not Texan! | |
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Im a mutt, but I think mixed breeds are the cutest
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why does it matter what your heritage is? I know what i am, but that does mean i am any different for it. I am proud to be American, I was born and raised here, and thats who I am. I stated in my post why it matters. I am proud to be an american as well. But you know what? I was born into a family. A family that moved here and made their home the USA. I would at least like to know how they lived before they got here. I guess it allows my mind to stay open. |
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Im a greek irish american, the irish in me is why people dont believe im greek, its the light skin
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I'm black. Unfortunately for many black people we can't actually pinpoint our heritage. Saying you are of "African decent" is like you saying you are of "European decent" -- what country? what tribe? I do agree with what you are saying though. It bothers me when I ask someone's nationality and they give me a race or ethnicity. Sorry, white/black/asian/etc is not a nationality. Key work NATION, I guess that makes me just, American. (not african american, as I was not born in africa). Very well said. |
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Im half native american and half irish
but i just consider myself an american i don know sh*t about my heritage the closest thing i come is drinking a lot 4my irish side and ive smoked a few peace pipes in my day 4the native american in me. screw heritage I live 4 2day Im a American |
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I did not say "this" land. I said land. I mean all of it. My point is that land, regardless of where it is, does not belong to anyone. Where we grew up and our cultures should be celebrated.... but my point is that we, as a people, focus on our own and not others. If we spent as much time caring and investing time and consideration to gain genuine knowledge about people's differences we might learn we are a lot more alike than not. I completely agree. |
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Some people are too touchy. I hate how "politically correct" this world has become.
GOOD POST Some people DO take pride in knowing their origins. I love researching my familys history. |
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Some people are too touchy. I hate how "politically correct" this world has become. GOOD POST Some people DO take pride in knowing their origins. I love researching my familys history. Thank you. I appreciate that. I really do. |
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I've tried to check, but I think one of my decedents is an illegal out of Ireland, because theres no papers or any sign of life from him before he came him. Otherwise, I'm part Indian as well and since I can't trace that either I just say I'm part Mohawk because they were awesome
But I can understand how people say "I'm American" rather than complicate things and say "I'm Scottish-American" or "I'm Chile-American", and its much more simpler to say "I'm American now give me a burger dammit!" |
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I agree with this thread and desperately wish I had something interesting to contribute to it. I hate not knowing anything about my heritage. My family is ridiculously difficult to pry any information out of. I'd love to know that I'm from somewhere other than L.A. no matter how much I love it.
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I've tried to check, but I think one of my decedents is an illegal out of Ireland, because theres no papers or any sign of life from him before he came him. Otherwise, I'm part Indian as well and since I can't trace that either I just say I'm part Mohawk because they were awesome
But I can understand how people say "I'm American" rather than complicate things and say "I'm Scottish-American" or "I'm Chile-American", and its much more simpler to say "I'm American now give me a burger dammit!" Haha. Yes. I do call myself an American because I was raised here, but I'll always be Irish and German, even when I'm good and gone. |
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I agree with this thread and desperately wish I had something interesting to contribute to it. I hate not knowing anything about my heritage. My family is ridiculously difficult to pry any information out of. I'd love to know that I'm from somewhere other than L.A. no matter how much I love it. There are lots of ways to find out more about your heritage. Unfortunately though, a lot of those ways cost money. |
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IF YOU'RE BORN HERE YOU CAN CLAIM IT! Indians came from somewhere they didn't just pop up like a pot plant on the Prairie! life started in Africa and spread from there. But.. The American Indian is considered the aboriginal people of this continent. In other words.. They did not invade, steal, or otherwise take possesion of anothers claim. In adition..as lilith suggested: They had no concept of ownership or borders. That is a European idea that was put upon them when they arrived. |
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Im a mutt, but I think mixed breeds are the cutest
lol Me too, part trailer trash, part cable employee. |
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I am a proud Romani born and raised in Germany now living in Texas
 
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i believe everyone should identify themselves as americans, and take more pride in that than anything else. your ancestors probably would have given anything to be considered american over the **** hole country they left. it's good to know where you came from, but it should never be placed over that one thing that all of us share.
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Edited by
toastedoranges
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Mon 01/14/08 10:22 AM
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btw...
i'm scottish, irish, english, german, and a tiny bit cherokee. most importantly, i'm american we do have our own heritage and culture |
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