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iluvsergio
Female,
13-17
Southern US
Joined: 14 yrs, 11 mos ago
1,965 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Saturday 10/6/07 - 9:24:14 PM EST (GMT-5)
I'm proud of my ethnicity and heritage, but definitely not to that point.
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Lossof_life
Female,
18-29
Midwest US
Joined: 16 yrs, 4 mos ago
15,079 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Saturday 10/6/07 - 9:24:38 PM EST (GMT-5)
No, I'm not that proud..
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Chrislily
Female,
18-29
Southern US
Joined: 14 yrs, 9 mos ago
1,514 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Saturday 10/6/07 - 9:26:48 PM EST (GMT-5)
I don't know anything about mine other than I'm a white American. My parents don't know either.  So...sure. |
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Saturday 10/6/07 - 9:34:24 PM EST (GMT-5)
Events? Does the renaissance festival count? People of my background lived through that period! Does that count? I only went once and it was mostly just people selling stuff. But I want to go back and get a costume! I do like to read about the countries that my ancestors were from and the time periods they lived through, though. I don't know if I'd use the word "proud", but I'm interested in my heritage. |
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burnteffigy
Female,
18-29
Midwest US
Joined: 17 yrs, 5 mos ago
15,542 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Saturday 10/6/07 - 9:37:12 PM EST (GMT-5)
Eh, I've gone to a few events related to my various ancestries, but not many. I am interested in learning about my ancestors and about the countries they lived in, etc.
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lonewolf3882
Male,
18-29
Southern US
Joined: 16 yrs, 11 mos ago
2,821 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Saturday 10/6/07 - 9:58:05 PM EST (GMT-5)
I find my heritage interesting, but it, like my country, is not really a source of pride or shame. Just a fact that describes me, like the color of my hair or eyes.
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newtownninja
Male,
30-39
Australia / NZ
Joined: 17 yrs, 4 mos ago
20,401 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Saturday 10/6/07 - 10:01:50 PM EST (GMT-5)
On 10/6/2007 9:58:05 PM lonewolf3882 wrote:
I find my heritage interesting, but it, like my country, is not really a source of pride or shame. Just a fact that describes me, like the color of my hair or eyes. |
Me too |
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horizon19917
Female,
13-17
Canada
Joined: 14 yrs, 8 mos ago
2,053 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Sunday 10/7/07 - 7:04:15 PM EST (GMT-5)
No, To me it's just who I am.. I shouldn't have to do research to be part of my own heritage. Or at least feel sorta proud.
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sparerib
Female,
18-29
Western US
Joined: 15 yrs, 2 mos ago
215 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Sunday 10/7/07 - 7:06:33 PM EST (GMT-5)
Eh, not really. My heritage is way too common for me to get a kick out of bringing it up or making a deal of it.
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Tuesday 10/9/07 - 12:08:10 PM EST (GMT-5)
I'm proud of my ethnicity. I even majored in it in college.
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Wednesday 10/10/07 - 2:24:36 AM EST (GMT-5)
I've never done that before
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DogsMilk
Male,
13-17
Europe
Joined: 14 yrs, 9 mos ago
1,315 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Wednesday 10/10/07 - 9:30:47 AM EST (GMT-5)
On 10/6/2007 9:58:05 PM lonewolf3882 wrote:
I find my heritage interesting, but it, like my country, is not really a source of pride or shame. Just a fact that describes me, like the color of my hair or eyes. |
Same here. I'd also say it's silly to be proud of such a thing you have no control over.
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Wednesday 10/10/07 - 9:47:06 AM EST (GMT-5)
On 10/10/2007 9:30:48 AM DogsMilk wrote:
I'd also say it's silly to be proud of such a thing you have no control over. |
One caveat is that prejudice based on ethnicity/heritage is also something those people have historically not had control over, yet they've been made to feel ashamed of it anyway. While it is doesn't make sense under many circumstances for people to be proud of something they have no control over, being made to feel ashamed of it isn't right, either, and one means of recovering from such shame would be to counter-balance it with pride. |
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amriknidiot
Male,
13-17
Eastern US
Joined: 16 yrs ago
2,763 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Thursday 10/11/07 - 11:05:53 PM EST (GMT-5)
nope...and people who do annoy me
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dont_care
Female,
13-17
Western US
Joined: 14 yrs, 9 mos ago
726 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Thursday 10/11/07 - 11:31:18 PM EST (GMT-5)
my heritage is,
um...tea. or something.
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Ailesh
Female,
18-29
Western US
Joined: 18 yrs, 10 mos ago
1,336 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Monday 10/29/07 - 6:01:08 PM EST (GMT-5)
Ethnicity is not something to be proud as it is something that happened by accident and it is not something you earned. However, I am happy to be what I am, and I've gone to a protest that had to do with my ethnicity once. |
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madamkitty
Female,
13-17
Western US
Joined: 17 yrs ago
892 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Thursday 12/6/07 - 1:18:44 AM EST (GMT-5)
White people aren't allowed to be proud of where they come from.
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14 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Thursday 12/6/07 - 1:25:45 AM EST (GMT-5)
I'm proud of my ethnicity... but I don't really like associating myself with groups and organizations that don't promote diversity...
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14 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Thursday 12/6/07 - 1:28:53 AM EST (GMT-5)
Not really. I've read a lot of books on European history not because I'm white but because it's interesting to me. I've read books on Africa and Asia as well. I have been reading more on Judaism lately, mainly because of my sister. |
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charmingman
Male,
18-29
Europe
Joined: 16 yrs, 3 mos ago
442 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Sunday 12/16/07 - 1:44:44 PM EST (GMT-5)
I'm a white British male so dont have to do much to research my history, its everywhere! I probably wouldnt bother going out of my way to read about it though. Always seemed a bit strange to me. |
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xvitamin22
Male,
18-29
Midwest US
Joined: 15 yrs, 10 mos ago
1,015 Posts
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Thursday 1/3/08 - 8:17:38 PM EST (GMT-5)
I'm a mutt I don't exactly know what my ethnicity is.
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14 yrs ago - Wednesday 5/14/08 - 3:48:21 PM EST (GMT-5)
No, just enough to have a few drinks on St Patty's day.
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14 yrs ago - Wednesday 5/14/08 - 6:35:29 PM EST (GMT-5)
Naw, neither seem like a huge deal for me.
Sure, I like a lot of stuff about living in my country, I think it has many good qualities. But I'm not very preoccupied with it.
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14 yrs ago - Wednesday 5/14/08 - 6:38:27 PM EST (GMT-5)
I'm not sure if it's so much about pride, but it's often nice to attend ethnic events where I can buy the foods of my ethnicity. Since I have moved away from my childhood home, I haven't been able to locate some of the ingredients at my local grocery...
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14 yrs ago - Wednesday 5/14/08 - 7:28:13 PM EST (GMT-5)
I think it has a lot to do with how far you live from where you grew up.
I'm sure that if I'd been living in Europe, America or Australia, and heard about an 'Icelandic dinner' or something, I'd be more inclined to go for nostalgia than I am right now...by a huge margin.
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