I come from America. My daddy Came from America. My granddaddy came form America. I dun care after that, 'cause they're so old, they may as well be dirt... prolly are... I'm proud to be American!
I'm English and Irish. That's all I know. I may have a few extraneous ancestors here and there, but from what I've seen from my family tree, they've all come from around here.
American-Bengali (Both parents Bengali but I was born and grew up in America for 11 years but now I am in Bangladesh, besides, it already says "Nationality: United States of America" in my passport.)
Black isn't a nationality, African-American is though.
African-American is not a nationality either, it's an ethnicity, if anything. Nationality is in which country you have been born, or, if really vague, in which country you are a citizen/have been living for long enough to belong, or with which you share a cultural identity.
So most of the people replying to this is either multicultural as heck, or does not understand the word/is really, really vague about it.
I was born in Malaysia. Does that make me Malaysian? Because I'm Chinese but I speak English. I do know a bit of Mandarin, but English's my first language.
Your nationality is the country by which you are affiliated with. Being born in a country means you are most likely of that country's nationality, unless you moved and changed citizenship status.
Your ethnicity is your racial background. This stays the same no matter what religion, sex, political beliefs, or nationality you are.
Many are both, as ethnic names come from their country of origin or presence. Hope that clears some stuff up...and I hope we don't see any more "Texas" nationalities -.-"
Okay guys, we shouldn't be too hard on the people who equated nationality with ethnicity. Most of them just listed their ethnicity without making stupid claims. We sound like sticklers.
But really, Texan? Is Texan a nationality? So are you a Chinese person from Texas? Oh wait, you're white are you? Oh, am I being racist by assuming you're white because you're from Texas?
African-American isn't a nationality either. If "African-America" was a nation and you, being of English descent were one of its proud citizens, then yes, your nationality would be African-American and your ethnicity would be English.
How preposterous.
My granddaddy came form America. I dun care after that, 'cause they're so old, they may as well be dirt... prolly are... I'm proud to be American!
I don't really admire your views, but at least you got your nationality right.
Sadly, my experience with my fellow countrymen could be summarized with that statement. I so often see Americans say the stupidiest or most ignorant things...
Reminds me of the time in English we were doing an ethnography and one of the example papers was on the misconceptions and stupid questions Americans held about foreign students in college. The class was in an uproar about how "we're not like that" while I was laughing the entire time at how clueless they were. Not that I told anyone that I was laughing at them, only at the statements...
The ignorance isn't something which is exclusive to Americans, but I'd think that it'd be more obvious in the world's most powerful country. It's hard to look past the stereotypes; especially if they're perpetuated in the media.
Likewise, I am amused by thesubstantial number of Americans who believe their culture is superior to others. Perhaps they have the right to brag because of America's strength. However, I am dismayed by the stupidity of some of its citizens, who think that their country's power entitles them to ignorance.
