Also I don't feel as if I have no ethnic identity because my moms family is from Wales and my dad has Danish and German on his side

you may have that heritage

yeah

but the identity isnt there

even kids whos parents are from india or whatever

Why would people have an identity about a place they haven't lived in 200 years?

people have pride in their states, cities, neighborhoods etc here

they always say that when they go to whatever place they were from originally people can tell how american they are

exactly

its so funny

Well no shit they can tell

they are Americans

they grew up and live there

>people have pride in their states, cities, neighborhoods etc here
this is a good point

i really like this

you can't expect someone who comes from an Italian American family to walk into Italy and just fit in

that makes no sense

different cultures totally

I personally have pride in my part of the nation that I won't name here

and my town

the people who built it and great people who came from here

i don't feel like I a lack an identity at all

and thats natural

to associate with your group

>considering that america really does strip away the identity of your/your ancestors homeland

but that's because we moved here and made our own history and culture dude

thats what i meant by americans not having much ethnic identity

you might associate with that ethnic background to separate yourelf from others

actually

i take that back

I'm not really sure what you're trying to say

I get it kind of

yeah im backpedaling rn

ok i reread your thing

i think i view "ethnicity" differently than you do

oooooh

>I would not consider an Englishman and a German two separate ethnicities or races
different ethnic groups, same race

yes

I mixed that up

no prob

im pretty tired rn anyways