Nationality/background

[MarkEmark]

25% Italian, 25% German, 25% Czechoslovakian, 25% of the following: Irish, English, Dutch etc...I wish I were 50/50 Italian and German..that'd be a sweet mix I think...(that's what my dad is)

[shinobi]

<- nihonjin [japanese]/chinese!

[Cold_Zero]

50% italian50% somethin else (pennsylvania dutch?)

Sultan,My father's side is Penn Dutch. My Opa was the first Shipe to not speak Penn Dutch/German.

[Cold_Zero]

Dad is 1st generation Armenian (look it up).

Hey Hitman,My buddy is Armenian. Was he part of the Diaspora or did he come from Armenia? The country you immigrate from tells a lot about your family history, thanks to the Turks. I hear LA has a large population of Armenians.

[Onizuka]

1% dodge (hey the turbo neon is cool)10% Mistubishi (sp?)29% Mazda (rotory.....drool)60% Nissan

no but really im a melting pot white boy (Italian, Scotish, Irish German, Polish) mostly scotish and Irish, but no red hair in the family, go figure...

[MaineExport]

that's interesting.... someone could be 100% japanese, but still be 100% american too. unless you mean native american, "american" is a pretty meaningless word when it comes to nationality and background.

too many people think american means white and nothing else...it's just citizenship, nothing to do with ethnicity at all.

what do other people think of this? i'm curious.

I think, "NO s***". That is the damn point. Do you really think that peope who say American, that happen to be white, think that American means white?

Some of us just don't feel the need to form our identity around our heritage. We all have different backgrounds, and there is nothing wrong with being proud of your heritage. At some point, however, one must realize that the country you live in is your nationality. Be proud of it, and if you don't like it.... do something about it.

If you want to get technical, "American" could mean, Canadian, Mexican, Brazilian, Cuban, etc... etc.. America consists of two continents... not just one country.

[christopher]

60% scandinavian25% native american (cree, blackfoot(northern))15% african american

Hip Hop officianado, jobless (and loving it,) and forward thinking are all things to describe me. There are other things that make up diversity, not just race.

[nametakennow]

25% Portuguese (Azores, know the islands?) cept I don't look it like.. at all. mostly (like 50%ish) Scottish and Irish, a little bit of all those English islands; for the last 25% chuck in French, maybe a little German, just random crap. In other words...WHITE AS ANYTHING, sometimes I wish I was blacker...

[DELUCCA21]

I was born and raised in Puerto Rico but I live in Dallas, Tx now.

[DELUCCA21]

Dad is Dominican (but looks white)

Mom is Puerto Rican (looks spanish)

I was born in Puerto Rico so I am 50% Sammy Sosa 50% Roberto Clemente. And I look Indian (from India )(was left in the oven too long) and I dislike terroism!

100% Nissan fan

What part of Puerto Rico are you from? I'm from Arroyo, but I live in Texas now.

[Shanglin]

Born in Cataño. Raised in Guaynabo (actually mostly raised here).

[lucas_420]

White with a little bit of this... little bit of that...

100% Mutt

Born and raised in the Nothwest, I need to get the hell out of here and travel. Hit Italy, Germany, Japan, Australia, get to eat some REALLY good food, test the Autobahn, see some Wangan racing, check out my share of Pro Rally.

I don't wanna get started on the "us vs. them" thats going on in the world today and the stupidity behind it.

"Ignorance breeds fear, breeds hate."

[240gurl]

Im Half Persianand half turkish.

a little bit on the exotic side

[wingzero]

I bet your chok Guzel (the only two words I know in turkish) .

[driftaholic]

just to clarify: when talking about nationality/background and i say american, i mean "citizen of the united states of america"

to me, to say your nationality is american (other than native american) is meaningless. other than native americans, the united states of america is full of many kinds of people, who either came here themselves from somewhere else, or had ancestors who did. someone might be an american citizen, but have ancestors from all over the world. it's not possible to be half american and half japanese (or anything else for that matter), because "american" isn't something that can be mixed. you either are american or not, regardless of your ethnic heritage. if i had a child with my non-american girlfriend, my child would not be half american and half mien because i am american and it's mother is mien. it would be half euromutt and half mien, but 100% american, because i am american.

this has nothing to do with being proud or not. i'm all for being proud of who you are.

[wingzero]

I dunno man, being a citizen of a country doesn't make you that nationality. I was born in london, and have a british citizenship and passport, but I'm definetly not english. I think your talking more about a state of mind than anything, because it's like you said, there isn't really such a thing as an american nationality since everyone's descended from somewhere else. I'm just saying that if like both your parents are from, let's say, france, and your born & raised here, your still french, it's the blood of that country that courses through you. Your attitude, mentality, speech, and everything else might be as american as apple pie, but you're still french. I don't mean to offend you anything buddy, I think its cool that you have pride, I think that's important too, but you are what you are. Just my opinion.

[driftaholic]

who's that directed to? cause i completely agree with that.

[wingzero]

Really? sorry, maybe I misunderstood what you were saying, vicodyn messing with my head right now. More power to ya brotha!

[driftaholic]

yeah you basically said the same thing i did (or at least TRIED to say )

[wingzero]

TRIED? Biatch you better respect my aurthoritah and go make me some pie! jk, like I said, vicodyn playin with my head, try it out sometime its great stuff. You get the buzz from pot but without the smoke or munchies.

[driftaholic]

oh man, the TRIED went with my post not yours. i wasn't dissin you, i was dissin me. i better get off MY drugs too. sheesh.

[wingzero]

I know buddy, what're you on man? Cause I'm high on life baby! And a bunch of other ****, just stick to pot (even though it's not really a drug), booze, and pills man.

[driftaholic]

i'm on adderall (amphetamine salts)goooooood stuff if you like uppers!

[wingzero]

Kewl, whats it feel like?

[driftaholic]

feels like you wanna get everything done that you've ever put off (extremely handy when it comes to building a car). you ever had nodoz? it's kinda like that too... but way stronger and it doesn't give you a stomach ache. and the come down is way smoother.

wait, is this the drug thread or the nationality/background thread?

[wingzero]

God knows man, I'm really too messed up to care right now, plus I'm sure every nationality/background's got their own unique drug. My people smoke hookahs, great great stuff, but only if you can handle it.

[AZhitman]

Hey Hitman,My buddy is Armenian. Was he part of the Diaspora or did he come from Armenia? The country you immigrate from tells a lot about your family history, thanks to the Turks. I hear LA has a large population of Armenians.

He was from Armenia - They scattered, and he came over through Ellis Island. Lost his given name and got "Americanized".

p.s. Good to see some Puerto Ricans on here - I used to live in Humacao...

BTW, I wanted to second the statement Maine made about being American. Regardless of our heritage, we're Americans. (Yeah, even you took-wearing weirdos up north).

[nismokid]

1/2 Dominican 1/2 Puerto Ricanborn and raised in Miami

[gtd65]

100% Scottish

But, I think I'm a resident Alien?

[I am Technoman]

100% Caucasian persuasion! :ylsuper