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Why would a Jamacian American have a sense of attachment towards Ireland? It's blatantly obvious that you wouldn't!
I take it you didn't understand my post. I'm not a Jamaican American. And I have Irish ancestry. I have no sense of attachment for either country, although Jamaica's more familiar to me culturally. Basically, the opposite of dunno what to put here.
I also have American (Black and Native) & French Canadian ancestry, don't know much about the latter tbh.
I'm 50% Italian and I don't care about it more than anywhere else and it's certainly not my identity. I consider myself more Norwegian than Italian even though I'm only 25% Norwegian since I have more interaction with my family there. I'm also a small part German and Jewish but both of those mean next to nothing to me.
Still, my identity is firmly American and no other country means s*** compared to America.
I'm firmly American too, but I don't act like this is the only country on Earth that matters.
Of course other countries matter too. America just matters the most to me as that's where I live so it has the most impact on me. I don't think America is the best country--it is a very good country but not the best. It simply matters by far the most to me. A terrorist attacked in Paris or London is important, but doesn't have nearly as much of an effect on me as a terrorist attack in New York.
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I take it you didn't understand my post. I'm not a Jamaican American. And I have Irish ancestry. I have no sense of attachment for either country, although Jamaica's more familiar to me culturally. Basically, the opposite of dunno what to put here.
I also have American (Black and Native) & French Canadian ancestry, don't know much about the latter tbh.
Very interesting. Never expected to see anyone else on here with Jamaican and Irish ancestry - not exactly a common combination.
No, no it isn't "Your" Nation is America, you have Ukrainian ancestry, nothing more...
Would you say that to, say, a Navajo? "No, your nation isn't the Navajo Nation; you're an American with Navajo ancestry and nothing more."
With respect to my Italian ancestry, I would say your description is accurate. I lack any real emotional connection to Italy, and the extent to which I can relate to the culture (cuisine, especially) is really just a consequence of the area I live in because everyone eats Italian-America food.
With Ukraine, it's just different. I already explained myself. Razza also put it well and succinctly:
"Ukraine, has long been oppressed and denied nationhood. It makes sense that people from that country are more likely to strongly assert their identity than someone from France, for example."
Irish,Scottish and English ancestry for me. They don't mean much to me , although I relate to Scotland the most, as the biggest percentage of my ancestor is there, even though I have an Irish name. Also a french name three generations back, but don't know many details about that.
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"Your" Nation is America, you have Ukrainian ancestry, nothing more...