What ethnicities do you identify as?
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Mixed.
I'm black and white.
With my name and the way that I look people often are not sure of my background.
I'm black and white.
With my name and the way that I look people often are not sure of my background.
I identify as Korean-American. It took a long time for me to figure that out, own it and really be comfortable with it. I'm lucky that I was able to do that, to have the time in college to formally study issues around identity and Asian-American history/issues, and to have been able to work/spend time in Korea to contrast my experience growing up in the US.
I have been wondering if doing one of the DNA ancestry test would be ideal. Does anyone have any personal experience in Canada? Recent articles about their terms and condition regarding consent to sell information to third party at a later date, albeit bereft of name, gives me pause.
I did one on 23andme, It came back as mostly Scottish/English/Irish and then some French/German.
My family name goes back to clan Macfie which as a group lived on the isle of Colonsay but after the clan chief was executed by the MacDonald clan the Macfies become a broken clan with some staying and following the Macdonalds who took control of Colonsay, some went to clan Cameron (and fought in the Jacobite uprising with them, with them also fighting in the Battle of Culloden on the right flank with the Camerons), and then some going to England, and eventually migrating to the states and settling heavily around the mountains of North Carolina.
It's quite surreal, because I just found this out like the past few years and I had been watching Outlander (a great show) and it's pretty much hit exactly all of these beats that my ancestors went through.
I have no idea about the French/German part though (in terms of who it comes from or those ancestors). It traced it back to around the Paris, Brittany, Hauts-de-France regions.
My family name goes back to clan Macfie which as a group lived on the isle of Colonsay but after the clan chief was executed by the MacDonald clan the Macfies become a broken clan with some staying and following the Macdonalds who took control of Colonsay, some went to clan Cameron (and fought in the Jacobite uprising with them, with them also fighting in the Battle of Culloden on the right flank with the Camerons), and then some going to England, and eventually migrating to the states and settling heavily around the mountains of North Carolina.
It's quite surreal, because I just found this out like the past few years and I had been watching Outlander (a great show) and it's pretty much hit exactly all of these beats that my ancestors went through.
I have no idea about the French/German part though (in terms of who it comes from or those ancestors). It traced it back to around the Paris, Brittany, Hauts-de-France regions.
I'm white. Like my mother does that "Well we're actually 1/16th cherokee" or something like that spiel.... but yeah no, white white white white. No reason to try and exoticize my heritage. As far as I can tell my heritage is English, Dutch, and Welsh with maybe a twist or two of Irish. More interesting is the fact that my great great grandfather on my dad's side only made it to the US by sneaking aboard a ship... or at least that's the story that's told. Who knows the validity?
I get anything from Arabian to Hispanic but I'm South Asian, with skin that's remarkably the same color as sand
American with Italian, Irish, and Bavarian ethnic heritage (in descending order from most to least).
Just african American for me however my last name implies I might have some German in me, or atleast may have had a slave master who was probably german
I just say I'm white. I'm not going to go on about my family history to say I'm .3% Cherokee or something.
Learning about your family history is cool though. My great grandmother was Cherokee and married a Englishman. Had my grandmother who married a German. Had my mother who married someone from Irish decent. I look absolutely nothing like my great grandmother or even my grandmother on my moms side. They were brown skinned and I'm the whitest of white with a big red beard and blue eyes. Hence, me just saying I'm white because it is what it is lol.
Learning about your family history is cool though. My great grandmother was Cherokee and married a Englishman. Had my grandmother who married a German. Had my mother who married someone from Irish decent. I look absolutely nothing like my great grandmother or even my grandmother on my moms side. They were brown skinned and I'm the whitest of white with a big red beard and blue eyes. Hence, me just saying I'm white because it is what it is lol.
Born in the Philippines with some Spanish, visible Pacific Islander but I've been mistaken for Mexican and Arabic as well. Formative years in Canada (same for accent), living in the UK since my mid-20s. Oh yeah, French name.
Whenever someone in the UK asks where I'm from, I typically say 'Canadian'. But I still speak Tagalog, and still keep in touch with Filipino music.
So, whatever, I guess lol
Whenever someone in the UK asks where I'm from, I typically say 'Canadian'. But I still speak Tagalog, and still keep in touch with Filipino music.
So, whatever, I guess lol
west indian, indo trinidadian, etc
i was born in canada but i'm pretty sure that would just be my nationality. and my ancestors were "indentured servants" brought from india to trinidad by the british but just saying "indian" doesn't capture the full picture. this shit's confusing.
i was born in canada but i'm pretty sure that would just be my nationality. and my ancestors were "indentured servants" brought from india to trinidad by the british but just saying "indian" doesn't capture the full picture. this shit's confusing.
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White American of mixed European ancestry. I have no idea what the breakdown is, though I could make some educated guesses. I should do one of those tests someday.
I'm mixed, I go with whichever is more advantageous at the time; both have a bonus to charisma checks and are often ignored by city guards.
Blasian. Maternal grandparents were a mix of Chinese (Baba Nyonya) Indian and Siamese Malays. I identify as Malay (or Austronesian if we're getting technical), mostly because they make up a significant part of my family and friends who have been the most welcoming.
I'm mostly Afro-Latino. Most of my family is from Cuba.
The rest is from all over the English speaking Caribbean.
The rest is from all over the English speaking Caribbean.
US census uses Hispanic non Hispanic as ethnicity and race for Asian, black, white, etc.
Haven't taken a DNA test but I'm mixed. Polynesian (Maori) on my Dads side and White (English, Scottish, Irish and Cornish; pretty much British) on both. I could also have some indeginous Australian from my Nana (mums side) who had olive skin and her father was a dark brown. Also maybe a little bit of Asian on my mums side as well just from looking at old photos of my Poppa's parents/grandparents. So pretty much a bit of everything.
I agree with a lot of what is being said here though I don't really feel connected to my British side so I'm pretty much a Kiwi/Aussie person who happens to be real light brown with an afro.
I agree with a lot of what is being said here though I don't really feel connected to my British side so I'm pretty much a Kiwi/Aussie person who happens to be real light brown with an afro.
Mexican, the cosmic race. :P
I recognize I'm part... everything (Native American, Native African, European...), but I don't really identify strongly as any one thing in particular. Currently, I guess I identify as the ones that Trump and his cult really don't like
I recognize I'm part... everything (Native American, Native African, European...), but I don't really identify strongly as any one thing in particular. Currently, I guess I identify as the ones that Trump and his cult really don't like
I only identify as Mexican/latino. I'm pretty light skinned but don't identify as white at all.
*waves back*
Greek of probably middle-eastern ancestry cause some shit went down early 20th century and my ancestors migrated from Turkey to Greece.
In English it is called Bavarian (the other names are Bayern/Baiern/Boarn), but also a lot of my family is from up north, specifically North Frisian, which I can partly speak, which is now a minority language. There is no single German ethnicity though, there are multiple. German is a national identity, not a particular ethnic one. We all have our different cultures, dialects (some being unintelligible to other ethnic groups, which is why Standard German exists - a common tongue). For example most Germans will not understand Schwäbisch entirely, but the language and ethnic group is a German one, and even other people froma round the world would not recognise it as being part of German but some other language.
It's kind of like if you think about the United Kingdom or British Isles, British/Briton is not really an ethnic group, the Irish, the Scots, the English, the Welsh, etc are ethnic groups, they come from the British Isles like Bavarians or Swabians come from the German lands. In that same way the Irish have their language and culture, the Scots have their language and culture, etc, but the common tongue for mutual intelligibility is English which is the "standard" in the UK/isles - same happened in Germany with the formulation of Standard German to be taught in schools and used for official government (and encouraged, business). Even Swabians tell the time differently from others in Germany - something that took some time to learn as I found myself deep into Schwäbisch land lol - I still do not understand the Schwäbisch dialekt. Many of the ethnic groups are still home to where their original native tribes lived before Christianisation. Bavarians are direct descendents of Bajuwaren (emergence just before Christianisation and after Christianisation, they were what we call today the "Old Bavarians" - which if you go around Bavaria as a tourist you may come across places and things called "Altbayern" which this is related to, and then modern Bavarians descended from them and were the Bavarians in high middle ages. The Bajuwaren were comprised of many tribes like Sueben, Boier etc.
The same of course occurs in Spain, Italy, France, and quite a few European countries. You have probably heard of Catalonians, Asturians, Basques, Sicilians, Alsatians, Bretons, Occitans, etc - these are ethnic groups. Spanish, French, Italian, are national identities.
Foreigners, especially the Romans in particular popularised this by referring to all the tribes as Germans, but there is no single German ethnicity.
It's kind of like if you think about the United Kingdom or British Isles, British/Briton is not really an ethnic group, the Irish, the Scots, the English, the Welsh, etc are ethnic groups, they come from the British Isles like Bavarians or Swabians come from the German lands. In that same way the Irish have their language and culture, the Scots have their language and culture, etc, but the common tongue for mutual intelligibility is English which is the "standard" in the UK/isles - same happened in Germany with the formulation of Standard German to be taught in schools and used for official government (and encouraged, business). Even Swabians tell the time differently from others in Germany - something that took some time to learn as I found myself deep into Schwäbisch land lol - I still do not understand the Schwäbisch dialekt. Many of the ethnic groups are still home to where their original native tribes lived before Christianisation. Bavarians are direct descendents of Bajuwaren (emergence just before Christianisation and after Christianisation, they were what we call today the "Old Bavarians" - which if you go around Bavaria as a tourist you may come across places and things called "Altbayern" which this is related to, and then modern Bavarians descended from them and were the Bavarians in high middle ages. The Bajuwaren were comprised of many tribes like Sueben, Boier etc.
The same of course occurs in Spain, Italy, France, and quite a few European countries. You have probably heard of Catalonians, Asturians, Basques, Sicilians, Alsatians, Bretons, Occitans, etc - these are ethnic groups. Spanish, French, Italian, are national identities.
Foreigners, especially the Romans in particular popularised this by referring to all the tribes as Germans, but there is no single German ethnicity.
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I'm like 80-90% Assorted European (English, Irish, Welsh, German, French, Dutch, maybe a couple others) , the rest is native American.
That doesn't make you middle eastern. The coast of turkey was Greek for thousands of years before the Turkish people arrived in turkey,and continued to be so under Turkish rule, until it all kicked off between turkey and Greece after ww1.