@TelegraphNews @Billare huh. funny, he doesn't look belgian. -?-
@Billare ...someone looking japanese? you might think that it could be anybody who was raised in japan?
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@hbdchick Japan is obv. very sui generis in that regard. But really, if you said "German" I would not automatically assume a Teuton... -
@hbdchick Maybe we need to resurrect the really old ethnolinguistic labels pre-nation state, if that concerns you ;) -
@Billare well, isn't it *useful* to have *words* to describe ethnic groups?! up until *very* recently (feels like yesterday)... -
@hbdchick Well sure it's useful. But ur problem isn't just with Euro countries then. Plenty of Brit nationals considered themselves "Kenyan" -
@hbdchick Like our man Dawkins. People really do adopt cultural identities separate from their actual ethnogenesis. -
@Billare ...meant they were ethnically belgian. now ethnic belgians have *lost* their designation. how should i refer to them? -
@hbdchick I am a loss. But is Belgium even a natural division? Aren't there controversies over the Flemish vs. some other group? -
@Billare yes. subgroups. not a problem. just because there are punjabis and karnatakans doesn't mean they're not all indians. - 4 more replies
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