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I was born in Crimea in a Russian speaking family that lived mostly in Ukraine and had a great grandmother born in Moldova before WW2 who spoke Yiddish and Russ

I was born in Crimea in a Russian speaking family that lived mostly in Ukraine and had a great grandmother born in Moldova before WW2 who spoke Yiddish and Russian. The recent war has basically made me not want to speak Russian again. It's been useful when I travel (once in Japan weirdly and once in Cyprus). But I don't consider Russia to be my ancestral home. I don't even really consider Ukraine to be either. I'm jealous of people like in this article who have a clear national heritage they can draw on.

cogogo 4y ago
Nationalism is overrated and often poisonous. Reading this comment I can’t help but think you can have a deep connection and pride with your incredibly varied cultural heritage without needing to commit yourself to being one thing or another. Nothing is simple and you as an individual certainly do not need to be.
- wink 4y ago
  I don't know, I think I am not even understanding nationalism and national heritage on a deeper level. I still live where I was born, one side of my family from here and the other is from a different, neighboring country. I often feel they're closer to the local culture here than the rest of the country I live in, at other times it's the opposite. But in general I don't feel I could name a lot of things where I agree on the culture I'm supposed to be having. When on vacation I'm always glad to not run into fellow countrymen because I usually find them annoying. So what does cultural heritage actually mean and what is it good for? I've been on the internet since I was 15, depending on the day of the week I write and read more English than my native language (at times even speaking it the whole day at work). It's not that I hate my country but I don't think I'm seeing a lot of positive points either.
vernon99 4y ago
National heritage is not only a matter of utility for the ease of cross-nation communication. It comes with some debts we all have to pay to really earn it.

cogogo 4y ago

Nationalism is overrated and often poisonous. Reading this comment I can’t help but think you can have a deep connection and pride with your incredibly varied cultural heritage without needing to commit yourself to being one thing or another. Nothing is simple and you as an individual certainly do not need to be.

wink 4y ago
I don't know, I think I am not even understanding nationalism and national heritage on a deeper level. I still live where I was born, one side of my family from here and the other is from a different, neighboring country. I often feel they're closer to the local culture here than the rest of the country I live in, at other times it's the opposite. But in general I don't feel I could name a lot of things where I agree on the culture I'm supposed to be having. When on vacation I'm always glad to not run into fellow countrymen because I usually find them annoying. So what does cultural heritage actually mean and what is it good for? I've been on the internet since I was 15, depending on the day of the week I write and read more English than my native language (at times even speaking it the whole day at work). It's not that I hate my country but I don't think I'm seeing a lot of positive points either.

vernon99 4y ago

National heritage is not only a matter of utility for the ease of cross-nation communication. It comes with some debts we all have to pay to really earn it.