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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, i feel a yearning to return to my ancestors’ land. It’s not guilt but I definitely don’t feel great or proud about being descended from colonizers. I wish my family had maintained Irish citizenship through the generations. [/quote]

Well if it makes you feel any better the Irish were not “colonizers”.[/quote]

All European settlers/immigrants in the US are "colonizers" in the sense that they have created and maintain a colony of white people here that displaced and oppressed native populations. You can be a colonizer without being in charge of the place being colonized. Europeans came to the US and took over and are still basically in charge. And imposed their language and culture. That's colonization.[/quote]

And that is not changing. I understand the feeling and empathize with it. But, there is not going to be a mass exodus of white, European descent Americans as a result of colonization. It's just not happening. This is my home and that's it. [/quote]

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