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SuperOnizuka
 Posts: 421 Location: When I look At the World- New Jersey |
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Not really. I am an Asian American. But I could easily just say I am American, too. 
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cool3865
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ok i dont think i have ever done this:
Name John N Sex Male Age 24 Location Austin, TX Marital Status Single Ethnicity Hispanic/Irish Pets a Jack Russel and a Welsh Corgi Likes Anime, Vinyl, playing video games and comp games, and music Drink/Smoke i do both Fav. Anime Ranma 1/2, Neo Genesis Eva, Cowboy Bebop, Black Lagoon, Death Note, Space Symphony Maetel Dislikes my Job (does that count??) Fav. Music Deathrock (doesnt have anything to do with metal), indie-rock, local bands from where i live and other places around the world. Job Fedex Software Tech Support |
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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But American is not an ethnicity unless you are Native American, and then usually those people don't consider themselves white. Sorry you brought it up and I am kinda confused by what you said. No biggie really. Oh btw I never said my ethnicity in my profile... Ethnicity: 2white |
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varmintx
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I really should learn to keep my mouth shut.
It's actually far more complicated then that, but I don't want to derail this friendly thread, so I won't be posting on the subject any further. |
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Meiaminkbell
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Went to Basic Training with a black man. During the first week for an Equal opportunities briefing, a Captain I believe, went around and asked several people what they did and didn't like to be called. One guy, the black guy, raised his hand and went "I don't like to be called an African American...I'm not from Africa, I'm from America."
Different strokes for different folks. I would never use AMerican to describe my ethnicity and I'm white as a ghost. 
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
Forums Superstar  Posts: 16941 |
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Welcome cool3865. Hopefully you'll have a very pleasant time here and enjoy yourself while learning more about anime. I've never heard of someone being Hispanic and Irish by ethnicity. I'm sure there's plenty who are, I've simply never heard of it before so I'd personally, being Irish, be interested in knowing more if you don't mind. You can PM me if you'd prefer, if you wanna elaborate at all. Before I forget I must give you your mystery welcome bag of goodies. ::hands him a brown bag:: Your welcome bag contains the hard plastic eye from a stuffed bear, one blade from a standing fan, a handful of straw, and a small capsule filled with water and plankton. Those sure are Good Eats (shameless plug for Alton Brown's show on Food Network). While enjoying yourself here, and your fine gifts, don't forget; Carefully tune your instrument before playing. That way you can play out of tune all night with a clear conscience.
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
Posts: 3498 Location: IN your nightmares |
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Oh Psycho, I've got something to donate for your next Mystery Bag. It's a grit, just one grit. Grits are pretty expensive where I live and I'm pretty cheap so you can only have a single grit. Careful not to lose it, it's pretty small.
Anyway, I finally consolidated all my info into one big bio on page 1 (near the bottom) and deleted redundant info in later posts. Enjoy. |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Well since you've been such a nice person I'll use your grit in my next bag.
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daedelus
 Posts: 743 Location: Texas City, TX (ajd: 6/11/05) |
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Awww..... A little hominey harmony here on the forums. How nice!
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ShiroAkuma
Posts: 34 Location: Kinston, NC |
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Yet I do deal with the problems of being white. Just because one is white does not mean they have not had to deal with the problems of the color of their skin. On many occasions I've been thought of as a racist simpley because I'm white, and I must be doing something to hold _insert mionrity here_ back/down. Because I am white I must be selective with the words I use sometimes or I may use a word that is considered to be racist, yet the context I use it in is the farthest it could be from being racist. Am I saying what I've had to deal with is as bad as what a minority has had to deal with? No, just saying I have problems too.
Thing is countries, places of origin, have been formed and changed over hundreds of years. What's to say that within the next couple hundred years this or that country is no more or larger or part of this or that country? People get so mixed it can be kind of pointless sometimes to say your this and that, a little of this and don't forget a slice of that, did I mention on my mother's great grandfather's side he had a 2nd removed cousin that was this. I don't mind hearing some one that immigrated to America call themselves ______-American. But it is pretty annoying to hear it from someone who was born in America and has never even been to the country/point of origin they claim to be. I'm not trying to start anything or say your wrong or anything like that. Just looking at it from another perspective. |
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voddas
 Posts: 44 Location: Lake District (ENGLAND) |
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Look what you started varmintx
 And also coldmug, that's a nationality my friend not Ethnicity. I know there's a point to be argued here, though it does seem to be very close to crossing the line into forbidden territories. Don't get me wrong, there are some good points here,but who wants to start arguing about race?
Lets see those smiles people 
[edit]: If this sound like I'm having a rant at anyone, I'm not. Just expressing my opinion 
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starseven
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Racism I often think is over stressed with specific individuals. I personally don't have a problem treating someone black, white, or any other color for that matter the same. I think very often a great deal of it is assumed.
I've heard to many people use racism as an excuse to things that really wouldn't normally be acceptable. I mean if we're not racist everyone should judged and treated exactly the same in all matters. The idea is equality in the end. Equality requires that we give no special treatment based on such things as race. It should all be the same in that regard. I've heard the topic debated to many times as to why this person should receive special treatment at the cost of another individual. I mean regardless people whether they're black or white or religious or even if they choose different lifestyle should be treated the same. I will however make the point that in the case of lifestyle that there's no reason why should have to accept a someone's lifestyle. If I'm inclined to disagree well then that's my opinion and no should tell me I'm discriminating just because I don't believe somethings acceptable. I mean it's a free country so I can hold the morals I choose. I can choose to not accept someone else's moral system as well. It doesn't mean I'm discriminating. It just means we have difference of opinion and can't agree on that point. I mean judgment by the law should always be the same based upon what you've done. It doesn't matter if you're special interest or not. I think more often these days people are given special treatment due to the fact that they're part of a special interest group. Otherwise they claim I'm not being treated fairly. That's not the way it works. And don't tell that I have to accept your moral system . If we don't agree we don't agree. |
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Jaebird
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Name: Jae/Jamie
Sex: Female Blood Type: B+ Location: Minnesota Marital Status: Single Age: 25 (Less than a month ago, woo) Ethnicity: 1/4 Irish, 1/4 German & a General mixture of various "AMERICAN" as someone was saying. Mostly Ojibwe. Religion: Nonexistent, except when it comes to the lottery. Pets: I have two cats (tabbys) and a cactus that hasn't died yet. Drink/Smoke: Nada on smoking anything, and drinking only with my relatives pft. Likes: Forums, livejournal, anime duh, tv shows, cats, reading, photography Dislikes: junebugs, saurkraut, most cheeses, plain milk, pineapple, broken elastic.. on anything Favorite anime: Sailor Moon (this answer will never get old for me) Samurai 7, Kino's Journey, Angelic Layer, Gokusen, Cardcaptor Sakura, Trigun, Ronin Warriors (YST), Pokemon Favorite Manga: Oh! My Goddess, Ranma 1/2, Cardcaptor Sakura, Case Closed, One Piece, Hana-Kimi, Sailor Moon Favorite Books: Eddings (most of his series/novels) Tamora Pierce (all of hers) The Rowan/Hive series by McCaffrey, Harry Potter, Ender series, I love anything Sci-fi/Fantasy or Fantasy in general Favorite games: Bubble Bobble, Dr. Mario, Katamari Damacy, Super Smash Bros, Metroid Prime, Pokemon, Final Fantasy IX+, Ecco, Neverwinter Nights, Pikmin, and Chibi Robo (Who knew one could have so much fun pseudocleaning) Favorite TV shows/Movies: Legend of Billie Jean, Buffy, Frasier, Cube, Final Destination, any movie where the world ends, might end, or is quite possibly thinking about ending or electing Bush again. Favorite Drink: Pepsi, or if you mean drinky, Kahlua & Cream Non-Alcoholic Drink: Let's pretend I put Pepsi here and wasn't too lazy to just go back and delete and copy etc.. Favorite Foods: Tacos and Pizza, oh and chocolate.. three of lifes neccessities Favorite Sites: ANN Forum or, two others ones, lol. Livejournal and Wikpedia. Favorite Sport (to watch): figure skating, or baseball sometimes Favorite Sport (to play): Baseball or Swimming Favorite Music: I listen to almost anything, except Blues and hard rock, I love soundtracks though Job: TMA/Nurse Hobbies: Photography, Collecting stickers and other various things, drawing Fun facts about Person Currently Known as ME: - I like to stare at my anime collection sometimes, as long as I don't shut the closet door and lock myself in, I think we're good. - I work nights, and it took two years to get used to that, so no, it's not that I'm an obsessive late night person (though I used to be) I really am posting at 2am and etc.. - My job lets me sit at a desk most nights and make sure no one dies, but other than that, I can watch anime or play around in a forum, for approximately 6 hours a night. - The only reason my socks ever match is because my mother came to visit one day and stole all of my colored socks because she got tired of me wearing two different colored socks. She doesn't get that I don't see the point in really matching them up, unless they need to match an outfit and considering my job (yay no uniform) they don't. So I just toss them all in a box and grab random ones when I go out, but now they are mostly white  since she replaced them with socks whose elastic keeps breaking.
- I've become a wee bit obsessed with a spider at my work, I take pictures of it. It only comes out at night though (which is probably a good thing) - I put great hope in one day winning the lottery. Hopefully these are all my answers, and not whoevers I copied to get the overall thing. |
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Keonyn
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Another Minnesotan, nice, don't think I've ever seen so many on a forum before. Welcome aboard, looks like our Minnesotan invasion of ANN is on track.
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daedelus
Posts: 743 Location: Texas City, TX (ajd: 6/11/05) |
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You know, thanks to the movie Fargo, I can't help but get an immediate impression of what people from Minnesota and North Dakota are like. Of course I realize that those depictions were probably exaggerated and do not reflect everyone who lives in those two states. Because of that, your comment above made me smile a little.....just for a moment.
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