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Anonymous wrote:I’m an immigrant and it bugs me a little when multi generational Americans claim another country as their heritage as I find that most of them don’t actually know much about that country. At this point your cultural background is American!

If my Chinese ancestors came here in the 1800s, what is my cultural background? I'm fairly certain most people would still say my cultural background is Chinese even if my family has been here for generations.

Maybe it's different because OP can't pinpoint their background because they are a mix of many many different backgrounds.

OP here. Yes this is the problem. Too many different countries to pinpoint something. And also don't feel a connection to any of those at all. Maybe Great Britain the most?

If your kid is a girl, go as the queen! And bring fries and call them chips. Or little scones and clotted cream.

Not sure if you were trying to make a joke. But it wasn’t funny if so.

OPs white child, along with other whites, simply need to sit this one out.

With all due respect, you’re a moron.

Anyway, if you have a mixed ancestry, why not pick one of your ancestors who had an interesting history and focus on that. Like, “I picked Germany because one of my ancestors came to the US in the 1840’s to avoid being drafted into the Bavarian army. I brought soft pretzels for everyone.”

I have seen families show off their state of origin rather than a country.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an immigrant and it bugs me a little when multi generational Americans claim another country as their heritage as I find that most of them don’t actually know much about that country. At this point your cultural background is American!

If my Chinese ancestors came here in the 1800s, what is my cultural background? I'm fairly certain most people would still say my cultural background is Chinese even if my family has been here for generations.

Maybe it's different because OP can't pinpoint their background because they are a mix of many many different backgrounds.

OP here. Yes this is the problem. Too many different countries to pinpoint something. And also don't feel a connection to any of those at all. Maybe Great Britain the most?

If your kid is a girl, go as the queen! And bring fries and call them chips. Or little scones and clotted cream.

Not sure if you were trying to make a joke. But it wasn’t funny if so.

OPs white child, along with other whites, simply need to sit this one out.

I disagree. Non-American whites have their own culture, too.

DH is a Brit, and on international night, my DC did something about the UK. The vast majority of Americans don't know that much about the UK other than about mad King George, the Revolutionary war and the royal family there.

I think OP should go but not take anything to represent "USA" since we live in the USA and its culture is the dominant culture, and this night is supposed to be about the nondominant culture.

If OP doesn't have any specific non-American culture to represent, then just go and enjoy as an observor. You can still appreciate other people's culture.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an immigrant and it bugs me a little when multi generational Americans claim another country as their heritage as I find that most of them don’t actually know much about that country. At this point your cultural background is American!

If my Chinese ancestors came here in the 1800s, what is my cultural background? I'm fairly certain most people would still say my cultural background is Chinese even if my family has been here for generations.

Maybe it's different because OP can't pinpoint their background because they are a mix of many many different backgrounds.

OP here. Yes this is the problem. Too many different countries to pinpoint something. And also don't feel a connection to any of those at all. Maybe Great Britain the most?

If your kid is a girl, go as the queen! And bring fries and call them chips. Or little scones and clotted cream.

Not sure if you were trying to make a joke. But it wasn’t funny if so.

OPs white child, along with other whites, simply need to sit this one out.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an immigrant and it bugs me a little when multi generational Americans claim another country as their heritage as I find that most of them don’t actually know much about that country. At this point your cultural background is American!

If my Chinese ancestors came here in the 1800s, what is my cultural background? I'm fairly certain most people would still say my cultural background is Chinese even if my family has been here for generations.

Maybe it's different because OP can't pinpoint their background because they are a mix of many many different backgrounds.

OP here. Yes this is the problem. Too many different countries to pinpoint something. And also don't feel a connection to any of those at all. Maybe Great Britain the most?

If your kid is a girl, go as the queen! And bring fries and call them chips. Or little scones and clotted cream.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I spoke to the teacher and she said they want countries, not states. I think we will just sit this one out. DH and I are from different states anyways.

I do wish they would change these events to "Family history" night. I don't feel excluded (or walking shame like someone said), but we're talking about kids who don't understand totally yet.

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I would definitely ignore and just pick something. Anything other than sitting it out.

Anonymous wrote:Thankfully my dad is really into his Scottish heritage, so we go with that. The food thing is challenging. I don't feel like any of the traditional foods of my family are things to bring to a party-a bowl of salted porridge anyone? Or perhaps my mom's favorite lunch, a boiled potato with margarine?

For those suggesting celebrating one's American heritage, what are you bringing for food?

I am biracial/multicultural and grew up going to an international where we celebrated United Nations day in much the same way op is describing. We could either dress in our traditional clothing or wear the colors of our flag. I usually switched off between American (one parent’s side) and the country of my other parent. Years that went as American, I brought pb&j sandwiches as my traditional food

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Anonymous wrote:America is a culture too.

It's a culture made up of these other cultures. It's like having an assignment about elements and picking a molecule.

You’re ignorant

Who is this rude “you’re ignorant” poster? That was actually a terrific analogy. But your rudeness is highly representative of the current climate in the US so you’re representing well for your culture! P.S. people who live in Argentina are also American and I suspect they’d prefer to be left out of your version of American culture.

Don't forget Peruvian. 20% of the population is mixed Chinese or Japanese as was their president. The first American (US) Ace of WWII, Arthur Chin, was from this heritage.

Doesn't fit into the racist woke ideology and conspiracies, with just as many fallacies as Nazism, where that filth belongs.

I've worked with actual people from the Caucus Mountains (actual Caucasians). They are not German or "white", all look like, because they are the same people, yet and hate each other. Same BS "logic" that says that Germans are Aryans from India but Roma (Gypsies) also from "India" are not.

The racist left is no different in their fake hierarchy and history.

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Anonymous wrote:America is a culture too.

It's a culture made up of these other cultures. It's like having an assignment about elements and picking a molecule.

You’re ignorant

Who is this rude “you’re ignorant” poster? That was actually a terrific analogy. But your rudeness is highly representative of the current climate in the US so you’re representing well for your culture! P.S. people who live in Argentina are also American and I suspect they’d prefer to be left out of your version of American culture.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an immigrant and it bugs me a little when multi generational Americans claim another country as their heritage as I find that most of them don’t actually know much about that country. At this point your cultural background is American!

If my Chinese ancestors came here in the 1800s, what is my cultural background? I'm fairly certain most people would still say my cultural background is Chinese even if my family has been here for generations.

Maybe it's different because OP can't pinpoint their background because they are a mix of many many different backgrounds.

OP here. Yes this is the problem. Too many different countries to pinpoint something. And also don't feel a connection to any of those at all. Maybe Great Britain the most?

My DH is from the UK. You can bring some spotted dick. That will be popular. When DH first told our very American kids about spotted dick, they howled.

I would not be bringing a certain type of British meatball though, the name might offend some.

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Anonymous wrote:I really don't get it. I think you're upset because you think showcasing the US does not make you look interesting enough, so you wish it was family history (what a horrible suggestion to make by the way). No, no no, you Americans don't get to claim other nationalities/cultures just because you are uncomfortable with the state of your country today.

How many generations do you have to be in the U.S. before you can no longer claim another country as heritage (according to you)? Can children of immigrants claim the other country? Can grandchildren? Great-grandchildren?

To me these are two different things. The event OP is referring to is about showing your culture. Clearly her child's culture is not in another country. She says it herself. She has European roots if you go back several generations, but we are not talking about genealogy here. Everybody has roots somewhere, it doesn't mean you belong to that place or that you have anything in common with the people who live there. Look, I find it funny but annoying that the world' superpower, whose culture has been exported and valued the most, is filled with people who, despite being constantly told that they are superior to the "rest of the world", feel the need to claim a different culture to feel special.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an immigrant and it bugs me a little when multi generational Americans claim another country as their heritage as I find that most of them don’t actually know much about that country. At this point your cultural background is American!

If my Chinese ancestors came here in the 1800s, what is my cultural background? I'm fairly certain most people would still say my cultural background is Chinese even if my family has been here for generations.

Maybe it's different because OP can't pinpoint their background because they are a mix of many many different backgrounds.

OP here. Yes this is the problem. Too many different countries to pinpoint something. And also don't feel a connection to any of those at all. Maybe Great Britain the most?

My DH is from the UK. You can bring some spotted dick. That will be popular. When DH first told our very American kids about spotted dick, they howled.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an immigrant and it bugs me a little when multi generational Americans claim another country as their heritage as I find that most of them don’t actually know much about that country. At this point your cultural background is American!

If my Chinese ancestors came here in the 1800s, what is my cultural background? I'm fairly certain most people would still say my cultural background is Chinese even if my family has been here for generations.

Maybe it's different because OP can't pinpoint their background because they are a mix of many many different backgrounds.

OP here. Yes this is the problem. Too many different countries to pinpoint something. And also don't feel a connection to any of those at all. Maybe Great Britain the most?

I'm telling you, Boris Johnson is the way to go.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an immigrant and it bugs me a little when multi generational Americans claim another country as their heritage as I find that most of them don’t actually know much about that country. At this point your cultural background is American!

If my Chinese ancestors came here in the 1800s, what is my cultural background? I'm fairly certain most people would still say my cultural background is Chinese even if my family has been here for generations.

Maybe it's different because OP can't pinpoint their background because they are a mix of many many different backgrounds.

OP here. Yes this is the problem. Too many different countries to pinpoint something. And also don't feel a connection to any of those at all. Maybe Great Britain the most?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an immigrant and it bugs me a little when multi generational Americans claim another country as their heritage as I find that most of them don’t actually know much about that country. At this point your cultural background is American!

If my Chinese ancestors came here in the 1800s, what is my cultural background? I'm fairly certain most people would still say my cultural background is Chinese even if my family has been here for generations.

Maybe it's different because OP can't pinpoint their background because they are a mix of many many different backgrounds.

Don't forget to tell you what "real" or "authentic" "Chinese" food is. Orange chicken comes from somewhere and just because it isn't considered "exotic" (and Chinese means exotic), doesn't make it fake.

You can't win with these people. To them diversity and tolerance means all coloreds meet their stereotypes.

Ironically, if some people were allowed to explore "their heritage" and how "foreign" they are or how much they have assimilated, they wouldn't ask "where you are from". But again you'll find comments about how when "whites" do it, it is racist.