I guess I feel like aside from Thanksgiving and Independence day, there isn't much America to embrace that would make someone leave behind other cultures no matter how tenuous a tie.
I wish I had more culture so I fake it and make my own. I'm hoping my kids will carry that forward (if I succeed in integrating those things in our life of course.)
It's hard to embrace a culture that doesn't necessarily embrace you.
Lord that's so true.
And nurse, I kind of feel like American culture is based around consumerism, brands, and materialism. Who wants to embrace that?
I can remember distinctly being jealous of cultural representations in movies even when they were supposed to be oppressive. And I realize this makes me an asshole. Like Waverly in Joy Luck Club or the hour long wedding scenes in The Deer Hunter.
It's hard to embrace a culture that doesn't necessarily embrace you.
Lord that's so true.
And nurse, I kind of feel like American culture is based around consumerism, brands, and materialism. Who wants to embrace that?
I can remember distinctly being jealous of cultural representations in movies even when they were supposed to be oppressive. And I realize this makes me an asshole. Like Waverly in Joy Luck Club or the hour long wedding scenes in The Deer Hunter.
LMAO no one is allowed to bitch at River Song anymore about not voting/becoming a citizen.
I don't identify with the Euro mix many generations ago family members or know them. I consider myself American, and I honestly don't even know what all of my heritage is.
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I don't identify with the Euro mix many generations ago family members or know them. I consider myself American, and I honestly don't even know what all of my heritage is.
One may simultaneously consider herself American and also identify with the culture of her ancestors.
I do consider myself American lol. I don't feel I have much of an ancestral culture to identify with. But I know H identifies as Italian and American although more the bastardized Jersey Italian than genuine Italian.
I don't identify with the Euro mix many generations ago family members or know them. I consider myself American, and I honestly don't even know what all of my heritage is.
One may simultaneously consider herself American and also identify with the culture of her ancestors.
The two are not mutually exclusive.
Yes, of course. I guess instead of saying i consider myself American lol, I should say i don't identify with my European ancestry at all.
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Post by amberlyrose on Sept 4, 2012 23:24:07 GMT -5
But even those American holidays are influenced by previous culture. For me, Thanksgiving is about having turkey with a side of tamales, chile, and beans. Our stuffing will always be called rellano and it's spicy. H's family has a lot of German influences in their thanksgiving spread.
One may simultaneously consider herself American and also identify with the culture of her ancestors.
The two are not mutually exclusive.
Yes, of course. I guess instead of saying i consider myself American lol, I should say i don't identify with my European ancestry at all.
I'll sit at bonquiqui's table. I don't identify really at all with my European heritage and honestly don't know where to trace it all back to. I'm basically a European mutt.
My Thanksgiving really doesn't have influence of any other cultures.
The only heritage-y food I can think of in my family is shepherds pie from my dad's side. But he's really more known for his apple pie. True story.
We lived with a guy who was going through the citizenship application process. When he was naturalized, he had to renounce his former citizenship. I thought that was kind of sad.
Renouncing doesn't always count though. The rules can be strange and depend on the country. You can have countries consider you a citizen when you don't and vice versa. You can even have two countries claim you for their own purposes and have neither country agree with the other's view.
That sentence made no sense, did it?
It does, habbs. I have dual citizenship for one country that allows dual citizenship. But only one citizenship from the country that doesn't allow it. I refuse to renounce either citizenship. And I agree with the poster that said America definitely does have a culture. And it's very obvious to people who live outside America.
I didn't grow up in the US...it definitely has a culture of it's own. I've been here for ten years and it still takes some adjusting from time to time.
My mother is first generation Italian. When her family came (from Northern Italy) they basically renounced their Italian culture for a long time bc of some bad Italian stereotypes here they didn't want to be associated with. My mom used to fear people asking her where she was from, and they practically studied Americans to emulate them.
They've regained their pride to some extent now, and my mom speaks Italian fluently, but refused to teach me or my siblings because it "had no use". It makes me sad.