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This is in response to another long thread on asking people about their ethnicity and nationality.
I sometimes ask white people about their background: Irish, Italian etc. Or where their accent is from. Or where their parents or ancestors immigrated from and when. I wonder if they have problems with that. It does not appear to be.
Those of you married to someone of another ethnicity, how do you feel when your children are asked that?
This is in response to another long thread on asking people about their ethnicity and nationality.
I sometimes ask white people about their background: Irish, Italian etc. Or where their accent is from. Or where their parents or ancestors immigrated from and when. I wonder if they have problems with that. It does not appear to be.
Those of you married to someone of another ethnicity, how do you feel when your children are asked that?
It doesn't bother me. Originally from a mainly homogenous country, back home its not unusual for people to ask where are you from (meaning what region/city) even though everyone is pretty much (or was) the same skin color.
PC America is obsessed with "white privilege" and "race." Anything that is classist, economically, culturally, or geographically distinguishing is labeled as racist. Sorta dilutes the word "racist", which really used to mean something but now a quarter of the time results in eye-rolling, and ends up undermining the actual problem of racism.
It doesn't bother me any. Until recently, my answer was "I don't really know; somewhere in Europe, I suppose." Genealogy has never interested me. But recently my brother did some digging and found out that our descendants were from Scotland. So, there you go.
I honestly don't think anyone has ever asked me about my ethnic background--I must look too much like what they think I am!
If anyone asked, I'd be flattered and happy to tell them that I am a blend of German, British Isles, Czech, Norwegian and either Austrian or Italian (apparently my ancestors did some Alp-hopping somewhere along the line; or more likely, the boundaries between the countries changed at some point).
I'm a "white person" & it bothers me b/c chances are you're asking b/c you think I look "exotic" or b/c of my name. I'm a "white person" but I wasn't born in this country & I don't care to get into a long discussion of where I'm from & explaining everything to you. Which I've explained ad nauseum in 2 different threads LOL.
But I'm still a "white person". Are you thinking that all white people are from the US? I'm not sure I'm clear why asking a "white person" would be any less rude than asking a non-white person? I'm just not following. It's just as rude, whether I'm "white" or not.
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