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Caliman73

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7. I am American, born and raised. Lived in California all my life.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Wed Dec 29, 2021, 07:27 PM

Dec 2021

When people ask me where I am from I say, The United States, they ask again, "no where are you from?" I say, California, "No, I mean from originally?"

That is why I am Mexican-American. People (White people) who look at me, assume I am not American.

Color blindness is not a virtue in my opinion. I would love to be seen as merely "American" but that is not up to me.

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y is it in this country we have to refer to someone as their ethnicity? [View all] AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 OP

Who is saying you have to? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #1

You don't have to, but sometimes it's relevant, Ocelot II Dec 2021 #2

I, for one, am deeply offended when people call me Whit(e) American, its like my true heritage Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2021 #3

I believe the preferred term for Drunk Whit American is Irish. NT cinematicdiversions Dec 2021 #8

sorta a central theme of the whole shibang, we're all from somewhere else. mopinko Dec 2021 #4

Generally bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #5

It's generally considered racist to identify someone by their race or ethnicity if it's Gaugamela Dec 2021 #6

I am American, born and raised. Lived in California all my life. Caliman73 Dec 2021 #7

Well, as DNA test show, most of us are part everything LakeArenal Dec 2021 #9

Some people are programmed to hate any ethnicity/skin color/culture except their own. abqtommy Dec 2021 #10