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**suingincentix** · 02-25-2011, 12:46 PM

Where I'm from, Ethnic-European identities mean very little, and most people are not even aware of where their grandparents or European relatives originate. People really don't think about it (the past, or their ancestry). And it's irrelevant for the most part, in the US, compared to Race. And race is a much broader anthropological classification identity.

It's mostly important for Europeans to be "European", but in the US, it's about "white", "black", "brown", "yellow", "red" (even though Natives really are not outspoken or extroverted).

Different cultural mentalities…

Where you are, maybe.

When you're from NYC, ethnicity is everything.

I met a white Christian girl in an Armenian neighborhood and she told me she couldn't date me because I was Western. I dated a Ukrainian girl in Junior High and her family got pissed at me because I said a few words I'd picked up in Russian and they were offended. A lot of Jewish parents strongly frown on letting their daughters date non-Jews.

Sure, within my own community, dating blacks is basically asking to be disowned, but any non-Italian white group, especially a WASP-y group will upset your family.

02-25-2011, 12:46 PM	#39
suingincentix Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 461 Senior Member	Where I'm from, Ethnic-European identities mean very little, and most people are not even aware of where their grandparents or European relatives originate. People really don't think about it (the past, or their ancestry). And it's irrelevant for the most part, in the US, compared to Race. And race is a much broader anthropological classification identity. It's mostly important for Europeans to be "European", but in the US, it's about "white", "black", "brown", "yellow", "red" (even though Natives really are not outspoken or extroverted). Different cultural mentalities… Where you are, maybe. When you're from NYC, ethnicity is everything. I met a white Christian girl in an Armenian neighborhood and she told me she couldn't date me because I was Western. I dated a Ukrainian girl in Junior High and her family got pissed at me because I said a few words I'd picked up in Russian and they were offended. A lot of Jewish parents strongly frown on letting their daughters date non-Jews. Sure, within my own community, dating blacks is basically asking to be disowned, but any non-Italian white group, especially a WASP-y group will upset your family.
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