Y'all actually know your ethnicity? I know i'm white and that's about it.
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Americans use ethnicity as a synonym for race. That's not formally correct. Wikipedia has it thusly:
An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.
If you don't know your ethnicity, then you don't have one. Except you do have one. White American certainly fits the definition.
I know i’m white
100% American.
I only know mine because I know the immigrant I descended from.
damn didn't realize yall would be so hostile
same feeling as: "wow very judgemental community here" lmao
I still remember when someone came to /r/Wicked_Edge, a subreddit about straight razors, and asked to compare two disposable brands. People were as kind as possible.
Not to be confused with /r/straightedge, which is about drug-less Punk.
lmao I wonder if he's one of those guys who believes it's gay to wipe your ass
"or should I say us 🇮🇹"
"Sopranos was my favorite show"
Oof. Imagine saying "roots was my favorite show so it makes sense my great great great grandparent was black"
I have Italian ancestry and I've always found these guys to be cringe, but I also get why they do it . Many people in the United States yearn for meaning and interpersonal connection in their lives. "Being an Italian" provides a prepackaged, very commercialized possibility of community with little effort required - you're just born to it, so instant acceptance, right?
The reality is often less Soprano's chic and more "nonno and nonnina were illiterate farmhands who moved to the US for a better life. Nonno died from mystery cancer and all of nonnina's bones dissolved after birthing her 15th child at 24. Now chew nonnina's birthday cake for her".
My sister got a DNA test done that shows we've got 96% Italian heritage and I've never seen Sopranos.
Guess I'm a poser
There weren't enough hand emojis 👋👌, mama Mia's, or references to spaghetti. No wonder he didn't fit in.
Maybe if you're mostly German, you learn to avoid wild hand gestures from a young age. Just to be safe, you know?
This looks like a great way to troll communities. Might do this in the France sub
Hon hon hon fellow baguette connoisseurs!
Defarge: We are so poor! We don't even have a language! Just a stupid accent!
Peasant: She's right. She's right. We all sound like Maurice Chevalier. Honh, honh, honh!
I'm French, ain't no way a french community doesn't fall for it, this might be the easiest one to troll.
Americans are all saying they’re proud of their country and then say shit like this unironically.
American with 7% Irish ancestry on the Shankill Road lecturing the locals on why they should have a united Ireland energy.
I did one of those mail in DNA test and found out I'm like over 50% data breach
If he is mostly German good chance that his Italian roots are from the Italian Alps where they speak German.
My brother got a DNA test and found we're mostly descended from Nordic people and not Germanic/Irish as we were told as kids. So naturally, I am now a Vikings fan.
When you learn that Vikings are also Germanic:
There is no escaping it, Gustav
Basing your preferred genetic heritage on how much you like a TV show. Smh.
American Italians have embraced the pop culture caricature of themselves and become it.
Americans when they find out they're 1/823th of a footballfield finnish: "OMG I AM SO DIVERSE! AND NOW A CERTIFIED MINORITY" Americans when they try to do finnish things: "Yeah no this is fake, its not possible for anyone to survive in 230f"
How many °C is 230f? (asking for the rest of the troop)
230f is 110°C
its exactly 110c
Americans love to answer the question "where are you from?" with an ingredients list.
My lineage is German, Irish, and Scandanavian, but my stomach is 100% Mexican.