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It's not fair to say 'Ethnically European' in the same sentence as 'Ethnically German or Norwegian'. France and UK are as different as France-USA, UK-USA. Euro
by alexasmyths 9y ago
It's not fair to say 'Ethnically European' in the same sentence as 'Ethnically German or Norwegian'.
France and UK are as different as France-USA, UK-USA. Europe is extremely diverse across borders.
So, the 75% of America that is 'Ethnically European' is already very varied.
Also - a good chunk of the 'non-Norwegians' in Norway are Swedes and Danes, which are pretty close.
- vilmosi 9y ago>>> So, the 75% of America that is 'Ethnically European' is already very varied Maybe genetically (although even that is debatable). But after a few generations you kind of iron out the differences between, say, a German - American and a Polish - American. The differences between Germans and Polish are much larger. They speak German and Polish for instance vs just English.
- alexasmyths 9y agoI agree with your points, but I just don't think America is nearly as culturally homogenous as basically any European country.
- vilmosi 9y agoI didn't say that (although I disagree with that too). But I'm addressing the comparison between European Americans and actual Europeans.