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Ok. So is a french person more British than a 5th generation black person? Surely 'ethnic americans' are Native North Americans? This is the thing. Ethnicity
by benj111 4mo ago
Ok. So is a french person more British than a 5th generation black person?
Surely 'ethnic americans' are Native North Americans?
This is the thing. Ethnicity gets wrapped up in a value judgement. We don't want to talk about ethnic Americans, but are willing to talk about ethnic Britons. Which then implies some rights those ethnic groups should have. But I would dare say the majority of 'ethnic Britons' wouldn't identify as British.
So I'd rather not use it in a way that conflates nationhood with ethnicity.
- pm3003 4mo agoEnglish, Welsh and probably some kind of Scottish ethnicity are probably a thing. DNA + history + cultural habits including language. But on this topic the concept of German ethnogenesis is very interesting. The formation of Gothic identity and communities even more, though sources are extremely scarce and it's more of a mystery.
- NooneAtAll3 4mo ago> So is a french person more British than a 5th generation black person? ...yes?
- 8note 4mo agoid put the a cree person as ethnically cree dene for sure crosses borders native american is a group of ethnicities reasonably unrelated to "american" so its not particularly useable as "ethnic americans" when its could be just as useable as "ethnic canadians"
- frollogaston 4mo ago> Ok. So is a french person more British than a 5th generation black person? Yes > Surely 'ethnic americans' are Native North Americans? Yeah but they're normally called Native Americans