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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our elementary school is having a multicultural night. It's fun and we will definitely attend. A lot of the students are immigrants or first gen.

But... what do we tell DD about our "country of origin"? My background is at least 8 western European countries and DH covers most of Eastern Europe. We aren't even sure what country dh's last name comes from (my maiden name was generic English like Jones/Smith). DD is supposed to dress up and bring food. She keeps asking, but we don't have anything for her to dress up in or foods from our ancestors. My family actually has some fun history, but it's all American (one was a revolutionary war hero and another founded a town that's named after our family). Do we choose a random European country?

I'm sure I'm overthinking this. [/quote]

You're actually over and under thinking this and it is part of the problem with "diversity" and cultural pride is only for certain people (not "white).

Less than 100 years ago, there were European immigrants, especially from Eastern Europe, they lived in ethnic enclaves, the eldest didn't speak English, and they had backwards looking "national dress". They are now heirlooms in those countries.

Less than 100 years ago, it wasn't even a given that many countries were even countries (e.g. Poland). Most people's surnames have a meaning, even if the meaning is no meaning, which itself is a testament to how not notable your ancestors were. Some were just the region they were from, which itself is steeped in history.

But certain people decided that celebrating that diversity is racist, because thinking all whites are the same and have a monopoly on being American, is according to them not racist.[/quote]

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