• Gabu@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Dear americans,
    having a great great grandmother who lived in sicily doesn’t make you Italian.
    With contempt,
    The World

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      9 months ago

      Dear Germans, When someone had a grandfather who was Turkish that doesn’t make their german born descendants Turkish… They are german.

      Dear brits, The Indian guy who’s grand parents were born in Britain… he’s not “the Indian guy”, he’s brittish.

      Dear French, French is not a skin color. It’s a nationality. A black guy can be French too.

      With contempt

      Immigrant descendents in Europe.

      The thing about people’s roots is it’s complicated, messy, and not only an American problem. More compassion and understanding goes a long ways.