I'm American born, but my great great grand parents on both sides came during the potato famine in Ireland. Before that they were British, and before that Germanic tribes. As in what I call myself? A sullen hate-filled misanthrope.
Escapist! How do you identify yourself?
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Being is my background has a little bit of everything in it[footnote]Anglo-Saxon, Mongolian, Native american, African, an a little Arabic on my dad's side, I think[/footnote] I choose not to identify myself racially, lest I inadvertently anger the wrong ancestors.Andrewtheeviscerator said:
Which, as my government teacher pointed out, is a privileged allotted only to mixed Anglo-Saxons. So take that as you will.
I'm an Australian with the heart of an Englishman but everyone just knows me as the 40 year old from the 1920s. Seriously, ever since I was 16 I've looked old and my interests lie in the joys of the past so, yeah, I'm a time travelling 40 year old Englishman posing as a 20 year old Australian.
White, being a combination of Polish, German, Lithuanian, Irish, English, and European Jew. I'm just a bastard of a good bit of Europe.
catchpa; take it all
Indeed, I took all the Europeans.
catchpa; take it all
Indeed, I took all the Europeans.
According to my mum (who was the one who actually did all this research) they were able to pin it down to one specific area of Mongolia, which used to be under Russian rule at the time.geK0 said:
That's just what I've been told though.
I'd say white if someone asked me my race. Figure it'd be pretty obvious.
Ethnically I'm Swedish, with some Wallon and Indian gypsy blood in me. Not much though.
Ethnically I'm Swedish, with some Wallon and Indian gypsy blood in me. Not much though.
I'm young black rich and famous, I have 10$ hanging from my anus.
OT:I'm European(parents born in europe, I was born in the middle east)
I'm white but I look yemen because I'm tanned(also brown hair & eyes), my brother is white with blue eyes and blonde. genes, go figure.
OT:I'm European(parents born in europe, I was born in the middle east)
I'm white but I look yemen because I'm tanned(also brown hair & eyes), my brother is white with blue eyes and blonde. genes, go figure.
Race: white
How I describe myself; either British or Lancastrian, curiously I don't ever really think of myself as English.
How I describe myself; either British or Lancastrian, curiously I don't ever really think of myself as English.
Swedish, Musician, Atheist, Cat owner (Cat slave?), biker (as in motorcycles, not the lame regular kind) and asshole.
I think that about covers it all!
I know the thread was about race and along those lines, but answering the question just in the topic, this is what I came up with.
I think that about covers it all!
I know the thread was about race and along those lines, but answering the question just in the topic, this is what I came up with.
I'm an American, being born in America to American parents and so on.
My ancestry is almost completely Scottish and Penobscot (Native American tribe in northern new england), so when people ask my ancestry, ethnicity or race, I answer as such (except on official documents; I don't want hand outs for being part native).
I sometimes refer to myself as a Vermonter (though Vermonters take offense because I was born in Massachusetts and as such am a flatlander) or a New Englander (more accurate, since my family goes back in New England for generations). But I'm not that particular most of the time.
My "racial" makeup is more of concern to me due to the tendency of certain diseases and conditions to favour certain peoples.
My ancestry is almost completely Scottish and Penobscot (Native American tribe in northern new england), so when people ask my ancestry, ethnicity or race, I answer as such (except on official documents; I don't want hand outs for being part native).
I sometimes refer to myself as a Vermonter (though Vermonters take offense because I was born in Massachusetts and as such am a flatlander) or a New Englander (more accurate, since my family goes back in New England for generations). But I'm not that particular most of the time.
My "racial" makeup is more of concern to me due to the tendency of certain diseases and conditions to favour certain peoples.
As an Eskimo, I take offense!Mortai Gravesend said:
I'm the whitest of white, but if you ask me enough, I'll say I'm British and Russian. My family comes from (somewhere in the England island) and (somewhere probably western Russia), as far as we know, and while there might be others thrown in, I dunno. Good enough. Now let me get back to my tea. (Did you know Russia consumes a whole lot of tea? They're just not as famous for it as the Brits.)
I'd go with Caucasian, British on this one.
While my ancestry reads Polish, German, Swiss and British, I identify as a white Brit, mostly for social reasons, though.
While my ancestry reads Polish, German, Swiss and British, I identify as a white Brit, mostly for social reasons, though.
I don't really identify by race, myself or others. As ridiculous as it may sound having grown up in an environment with almost no "racial diversity" has really made race such a non-issue for me that I am leaning towards complete racial-apathy. I truly can't understand why anyone can feel so strongly about there race.
If pressed I would recognize that I am probably descended from Celts from Scotland and Ireland as well as Scandinavians from Norway and Denmark. Much like 90% of people here.
If pressed I would recognize that I am probably descended from Celts from Scotland and Ireland as well as Scandinavians from Norway and Denmark. Much like 90% of people here.
Mediterranean...which is like white but with some more flavor, oregano, olive oil, and the invention of western culture! 
I hate when people talk about this. You always get the one Jackass who says "Half Chinese half Indian half Xenomoprh half Argonian half Dwarf half German half Kangaroo half Irish half Scottish half fudhfia on my dads side" and then talk like they actually know anything about the races/cultures they just mentioned.
As far as I know I'm either German or French or some combination of the two. However when people ask I just say Canadian as that's where I was born and raised.
As far as I know I'm either German or French or some combination of the two. However when people ask I just say Canadian as that's where I was born and raised.