Ethnicity is a funny thing. I am different flavours of European from all sides of my family, and people usually want/expect me to talk about it when they first meet me and see/hear my name (which is very much not a typical English/Anglo name). Which always makes me a bit funny about it - I am not just my culture and ethnicity. I am also the things I choose: to be nerdy, the things I do for a living, the things I do for fun, the books I read, the music I listen to, my friends, my pets. I'd much rather talk about those things first, thankyouverymuch.
I found greenteadragon's comment interesting too, coming from an Australian perspective - here, being Indigenous does not depend at all on what you look like, especially given our horrific history with the Stolen Generation and forced intermixing, basically designed to wipe out the Indigenous population. So to be considered Indigenous you need to be recognised as such by the particular group you belong to, including its Elders, and you need to have that as your culture. We have blond-haired and blue-
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I found greenteadragon's comment interesting too, coming from an Australian perspective - here, being Indigenous does not depend at all on what you look like, especially given our horrific history with the Stolen Generation and forced intermixing, basically designed to wipe out the Indigenous population. So to be considered Indigenous you need to be recognised as such by the particular group you belong to, including its Elders, and you need to have that as your culture. We have blond-haired and blue- ( ... )
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So yeah, it really depends.
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