Subj : Re: race
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Jun 02 2025 12:36 pm

 Re: Re: race
 By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on 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.

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

I think the argument is mainly that it's not quite accurate.  It's fine to say your heritage is Italian, you're of Irish descent, etc., but it's not really accurate to say you're Italian if you were born & grew up in the US.

Nightfox

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