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Right, but the correct way to combat that assumption is to say "There's nothing wrong with being proud of one's ancestors," in my view. Although I would not have answered that way in that format since it was an obvious gotcha question.
My ancestors aren't "white"; my ancestors are Italian. I explained this distinction to Marc earlier in the segment.
Fair enough. It's mostly a semantic point, I suppose. And not something that we can discuss profitably on Twitter. Although if we ever get the chance, I'd love to in person. Your answer was excellent anyway.
You two should definitely talk.
a difference without distinction
me think....
And you did a great job. You even answered his question directly when you mentioned punctuality and rational thought. But he dismissed that as “straw man.”
This list has “bland is best” and “don’t show emotion,” thus confirming we Italians don’t classify as “white.”
https://t.co/8wc6LXfz41
What does "bland is best" mean?
And in America that has come to mean nothing anymore. To embrace the ethnic distinctions of the whole Euro continent mean little in our corner of the world.
This is the right answer. Many of our ancestors felt that they had to identify as “white” because America didn’t like the part of Europe/Middle East they came from, or their religion. We identify as American citizens, but we shouldn’t have to embrace white identity anymore.
But that ignores ethnogenesis. Marc also isn’t “black” in precisely the same sense that you aren’t “white.” He has analogous ethnic/tribal specificity in his lineage. Yet that fact has not prevented a national consciousness among his people. Why does it do so in your case?
True that. White is American concept. European identity is based on relationship to the land, not on artificial divide.
Both Churchill and de Gaulle referred to the peoples of Europe as 'White'.
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