Subj : Re: race
To   : NIGHTFOX
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Tue Jun 03 2025 09:59:00

> 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.

I look at it as it depends on how many generations back, and whether or not
the home you grew up in was still run with a lot of influence from "the old
country" in question.

If you were raised like most American kids, it is probably inaccurate.  It
would be inaccurate for me to claim anything but American.  OTOH, if I grew
up, say, with parents or grandparents that were immigrants from Italy, and
they still kept a lot of the old customs, the fact that I was born here
might not make is so inaccurate.


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