I'm a racist and antisemite

[ahousekeeper]

Well, at least according to some commenters hereThe reason: there was lots of whinning about "Russians taking over LJ", so I replied: "Actually Jews, not Russians", and then the heaven and hell broke on me, especially when I used the words "Italian mafia" and "Irish gangs" to illustrate the difference between the understanding of nationality in

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[ahousekeeper]

Блин, ну вы дадите мне лечь спать, а? :)))

Many people are puzzled to learn that I am British by birth, Syrian-Palestinian by nationality, Muslim by faith, and American by upbringing.
Source: http://www.rhodes.edu/about/4147.asp

China is a country accommodating 56 nationalities. Among them, Han nationality is the largest one, taking around 85 percent of China's whole 1.3 billion people, so the other 55 nationalities are always called as minority nationalities, or minorities.
Source: http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/chinatours/aboutchina.htm

Arabs and Chinese that makes more than just "Russia-dominated word", isn't it? :)

[mojuba]

Ok, I give up :) All I wanted to say was, nationality as citizenship is widely accepted in some part of the world, not necessarily US-domintaed, although the idea itself might have originated from there - no clue about the history. The thing is, the idea is very humanistic and anti-racist anyway.