Subj : Re: race
To   : NIGHTFOX
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Mon Jun 02 2025 08:55 am

> I've seen a lot of posts online where people say they think people from the US
> shouldn't say that - Mainly because the people saying that were born & grew up
> in the US and have never actually been to the places they say they identify
> with.

I look at it as something folks should be somewhat proud of, and that they
shouldn't stop doing it.  I think the folks that want them to stop are
trying to make us all "the same" and boring.  ;)

> Pesonally I'm a mix, mostly of several different European countries, and a
> small amount of Native American.  I think it makes the most sense for me to sa
> I'm American, as even if I count my heritage, I couldn't say just one country.

I am enough of a mix that I can relate to that -- being "American."
Sometimes I will say "Welsh" but that is usually just to be difficult.  ;)

> I'm not entirely sure how that's better..  It sounds like it's for the argumen
> of tracking people, and I feel like that's very Orwellian from the book '1984'

+1.


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