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I'm a bonafide Yankee and put "American" on the Census. Unless you're first or second generation of any particular nationality, it doesn't make sense to claim otherwise.
Because southern whites are mutts and have been here forever.
Im actually less than 25% any one ethnic group.
Im scotch-irish, english, dutch, spanish, french, and cherokee
I have blue eyes and brown hair and my 1/2 cherokee grandpa has been mistaken for mexican, people (especially northerners) usually don't even beleive we are related so that should just give you an idea as to how mixed I am.
Thats SEVEN different nationalities and my family on the white side has been here sense the 1790s, and the native side for more than 10K years.
Most white people from up north don't understand cause so few of you are actually more than 4 nationalities, most of us are. Few of you have been here for 400 years, most of us have, and few of you have native american and even african ansestors, most of us do.
Im American, a White American, a White Southern American.
What makes more sense, me to check 1 box, or check 9 of them?
Cause based on the definition of mixed race and hispanic, technically I also can be classified as both of those.
I'm from the south and I wouldn't know what to put down as my ancestry, and none of my living relatives know, either. In fact, most of the people I know from TN couldn't tell you where their families came from, besides a general guess.
Unless they are Native American, putting American as your ethnic group or ancestry is false. Sorry, 10% Native American does't cut it.
Considering "native americans" are believed to have come from Asia through the Bering Straight would they be actually be native to America according to you. Let's try American Indians.
After reading through this thread common sense should explain why southern americans would logically say america is their ancestry but you know what they say about liberalism.
Unless they are Native American, putting American as your ethnic group or ancestry is false. Sorry, 10% Native American does't cut it.
The people from whom I derive my surname arrived in this country before the Revolutionary War, and with intermarriage since then I'm undoubtedly a Euro-mutt. What would I be, therefore, other than American in ancestry? It would seem preposterous of me to consider myself English.
It's easier to write one word than to write German, Irish, Scot, English, French, Native American etc. My friends who are African American can also write many of these other European groups. None of us are fully anything anymore. It's just easier to identify yourself as one word...it also may be a little nose thumbing to the government for asking. Like the German people in Germany, they wanted to move on after WWII. I think Southerners want to move on as well. But the rest of the country would like to keep reminding them of how awful Southerns are. So, they keep their mouths shut and thumb their noses and continue to write American.
I'm not a Southerner
but i write "American" because i'm too lazy to write "Mexican-Spanish-Norwegian-German-English-Native-American."
plus culturally i am an American considering i was born and raised here all my life.
I'm not a Southerner
but i write "American" because i'm too lazy to write "Mexican-Spanish-Norwegian-German-English-Native-American."
plus culturally i am an American considering i was born and raised here all my life.
The Census should get rid of that "American" racial category unless it is referring to all US citizens.
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