Quote Originally Posted by kelkel View Post
I've never looked at it that way. Perspective I guess. I was born in the USA and my ancestors are of Irish descent, therefore I'm American of Irish descent. I can't stand it when I hear people put their ethnicity first. Such as I'm Irish-American or African-American. Bullshit, if you were born in America than you're American of this or that descent.

Just my thoughts.
There is nationality, ethnicity, and race. As a white person in the US, you are of European ethnicity, American nationality, and Caucasian race. The comment I was referring to was calling people “Euros,” which I took to refer to their ethnic background, which is why I made my comment. The guy explained that it’s not about ethnicity but about views/culture. My rebuttal is that there are 44 countries in Europe and each one of them have different laws, cultures, and belief systems. I don’t like the “us vs them” mentality because that just creates hate and divisiveness. Im prejudiced like anyone else, it’s a part of our survival instinct to protect and support our own, and I understand the nationalistic sentiments expressed by others on here. I’ve just experienced friendships and good times on both sides of the pond so I don’t like calling people euros or whatever.