Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
In Buenos Aires I met many people who were Argentinian, lived their entire lives there, but still think they are more Italian or German than Argentinean, wtf while I liked Buenos Aires, it feels like the people there wish that they could separate themselves from South America and float off to Western Europe. In other provinces of Argentina people seem much more proud of their culture, but the people in Buenos Aires wish they could be Munich or Milan 2.0. That was kind of annoying I thought, it's like the American college kids here who constantly claim they're moving to Canada or Sweden
Irish diaspora in England do this also..(don't know why they don't do this in America/Australia).. Coleen Nolan is a prime example.
Exactly, you will of course have some part of you that will be proud of your heritage/roots, but ultimately that is all it is...
Yes & no one is denying that, the point that most feel strange is that you actually consider yourself Ukrainian over American.
No. I'm Ukrainian-American. "American" is not an ethnicity.
Quote:
A country you have never been to & that neither you or your parents were even born in,
I'm far from the only Ukrainian in the diaspora who wasn't born there, and even whose parents weren't. Read up on the isolated Ukrainian communities in Brazil, for example. It's not about where you were born, but your heritage.
If you are born outside of the country that you live in your nationality is dictated based on where you are born, so someone who has citizenship from China but was born in Malaysia would be classified as Malaysian Chinese.
Citizenship doesn't count so to speak, the equivalent would be me moving to the US, gaining American citizenship and saying that I'm 'American' despite the fact that I was born in the United Kingdom.
If you were born in a stable, does that make you a horse?
No. I'm Ukrainian-American. "American" is not an ethnicity.
I'm far from the only Ukrainian in the diaspora who wasn't born there, and even whose parents weren't. Read up on the isolated Ukrainian communities in Brazil, for example. It's not about where you were born, but your heritage.
Sorry but you are not going to convince anyone else. We will have to agree to disagree as you obviously cannot see the points of anyone else...
Quote:
Originally Posted by GymFanatic
Irish diaspora in England do this also..(don't know why they don't do this in America/Australia).. Coleen Nolan is a prime example.
I cannot stand Coleen Nolan, how on earth she won CBB I have no idea, Kim was robbed
There's the tiniest little pile of snow in my workplace parking lot. Size seems largely the same as yesterday. Surprisingly still around. Hopefully it's still there tomorrow LOL
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
while I liked Buenos Aires, it feels like the people there wish that they could separate themselves from South America and float off to Western Europe. In other provinces of Argentina people seem much more proud of their culture, but the people in Buenos Aires wish they could be Munich or Milan 2.0. That was kind of annoying I thought, it's like the American college kids here who constantly claim they're moving to Canada or Sweden
