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**yK2VgoEI** · 12-29-2011, 11:32 PM

Well Europeans aren't ever grouped. Even Aframs struggle with general categories. However, in their case they have another side to identify with and if they lost that they lose a significant heritage.

Just because you don't identify a certain way on a census or EEO forms doesn't mean you don't identify with your heritage, it just means you don't agree with the labels. However, I think most young Americans are not really into their heritage, so why would they identify with it? They just feel American. Same thing with young Colombians, my cousins don't identify with any of their ancestries, not the Euro, Afro nor Indigenous. They just feel Colombian. For a lot of people, having a national identity is all they need. They don't need to identify with their parents' or grandparents' culture. Ask a Brazilian what they are and most will say Brazilian. Why do you think Americans are any different? It's like you're saying just because their parents speak Spanish they can't just see themselves as Americans period. If a person of Afram parents is born in Colombia, they will not say I'm an Afram, they will just say they're Colombian. Who can tell that person they're not Colombian just because their parents aren't originally? I know Chinese Colombians who just identify as Colombian period. I've met Chinese Jamaicans who just say they're Jamaican period. So why is it an issue when people solely identify with American nationality in the US?

12-29-2011, 11:32 PM	#15
yK2VgoEI Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	Well Europeans aren't ever grouped. Even Aframs struggle with general categories. However, in their case they have another side to identify with and if they lost that they lose a significant heritage. Just because you don't identify a certain way on a census or EEO forms doesn't mean you don't identify with your heritage, it just means you don't agree with the labels. However, I think most young Americans are not really into their heritage, so why would they identify with it? They just feel American. Same thing with young Colombians, my cousins don't identify with any of their ancestries, not the Euro, Afro nor Indigenous. They just feel Colombian. For a lot of people, having a national identity is all they need. They don't need to identify with their parents' or grandparents' culture. Ask a Brazilian what they are and most will say Brazilian. Why do you think Americans are any different? It's like you're saying just because their parents speak Spanish they can't just see themselves as Americans period. If a person of Afram parents is born in Colombia, they will not say I'm an Afram, they will just say they're Colombian. Who can tell that person they're not Colombian just because their parents aren't originally? I know Chinese Colombians who just identify as Colombian period. I've met Chinese Jamaicans who just say they're Jamaican period. So why is it an issue when people solely identify with American nationality in the US?
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