Re: Cultural Appropriation
The thing about this is, though - it doesn't matter what your cultural heritage is - if you're a legal American citizen, you're still American. My dad was Prussian, my mother's family was French Canadien. But when their families came here and settled here - they became Americans. The mother-in-law's family came from Hungary, but she was born in the States, so she's American. If you aren't from France, even if you're a legal citizen, or if your parents weren't French & you were born in France, you're still not French. Or German. Or Italian. Acccording to JamesByrne, if you even move away from Ireland (and possibly take vacations or business trips away from Ireland) you aren't Irish anymore.
So yes, we may be nationalistic and even patriotic - but at the heart of things, our basic philosophy is one of inclusiveness. The racism & stupidity just seems louder than what we're actually about.
Originally posted by Denarius
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So yes, we may be nationalistic and even patriotic - but at the heart of things, our basic philosophy is one of inclusiveness. The racism & stupidity just seems louder than what we're actually about.
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