I suffer the same problem, but then again, I'm insanely mixed. My mother's Filipino with Spanish descendants, and then there's my dad whose heritage ranges from Sri Lankan, Germany, Portugese, Dutch and the like. Yet I was born and raised in Malaysia but will forever be viewed as an outsider in this country just because my lineage is not the generic ones.
This whole bullshit about who is native and who isn't is just a ploy for idiots to reign more supremacy over what they think is theirs. You shouldn't let what they say get to you.
The person accusing me of being a foreigner was in fact, a Native American. Which I did not find amusing because I have just as much family history with this country as he.
Well in the US it's particularly interesting because historically the land was inhabited by indigenous (or Native) peoples. Because they are a minority and are descendants of those who originally 'owned' the land they have a special status in the US.
And yet, I might not be officially one of those tribes, I'm still a native, bred, and born American citizen. I get nothing special for being, genetically speaking, a European Mutt that happens to not have any blood that was in Europe closer than seven generations back.
Though, having been in Europe and having lived there I am not identifiable as belonging to anyone European country. I'm built like a German, a carry myself like an Englishman, and my coloring is something between Swedish and Irish. But I will tell you racially I am 'American'. That's really the best way to describe it.
See, this is what I don't get. Why is it that if a person suddenly has a lineage that goes beyond its own country, that person is not fully considered a citizen of the country its staying in?
You were born and raised in America, how can you not be American? In fact, even if you told me all those things about you, I'd still consider you an American, cause I know that's where you were born and raised.
The issue of whose family has been there the longest, whose family has served the country the longest, all that shouldn't matter. You should ignore what idiots like these say. Obviously they enjoy feeling superior over little things that make no sense.
Well some of the Native people see the descendants of immigrants as 'invaders' because historically their people were driven out and slain by immigrants. The issue is is that I consider myself to have a 'native' American heritage. My family has been on this land for over 400 years. I think that's long enough to be called a 'native'.
I was just pissed at the kinds of things he said about me and my ancestors. I'm proud of my heritage in this country, dammit. And I understand I am no less American than my roommate who's parents are both immigrants. But I'm American enough that that is my race. Calling me non-American pisses me off a bit.
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I suffer the same problem, but then again, I'm insanely mixed. My mother's Filipino with Spanish descendants, and then there's my dad whose heritage ranges from Sri Lankan, Germany, Portugese, Dutch and the like. Yet I was born and raised in Malaysia but will forever be viewed as an outsider in this country just because my lineage is not the generic ones.
This whole bullshit about who is native and who isn't is just a ploy for idiots to reign more supremacy over what they think is theirs. You shouldn't let what they say get to you.
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Well in the US it's particularly interesting because historically the land was inhabited by indigenous (or Native) peoples. Because they are a minority and are descendants of those who originally 'owned' the land they have a special status in the US.
And yet, I might not be officially one of those tribes, I'm still a native, bred, and born American citizen. I get nothing special for being, genetically speaking, a European Mutt that happens to not have any blood that was in Europe closer than seven generations back.
Though, having been in Europe and having lived there I am not identifiable as belonging to anyone European country. I'm built like a German, a carry myself like an Englishman, and my coloring is something between Swedish and Irish. But I will tell you racially I am 'American'. That's really the best way to describe it.
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You were born and raised in America, how can you not be American? In fact, even if you told me all those things about you, I'd still consider you an American, cause I know that's where you were born and raised.
The issue of whose family has been there the longest, whose family has served the country the longest, all that shouldn't matter. You should ignore what idiots like these say. Obviously they enjoy feeling superior over little things that make no sense.
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I was just pissed at the kinds of things he said about me and my ancestors. I'm proud of my heritage in this country, dammit. And I understand I am no less American than my roommate who's parents are both immigrants. But I'm American enough that that is my race. Calling me non-American pisses me off a bit.
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