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Okay, yeah, your DNA is going to be traceable to a certain geographic region: what does that have to do with hardly anything?
Ethnicity isn’t the same as nationality or culture.
There are small minorities of white people who have grown up in China. They are Chinese. What else would you call them? If you wanted a more specific label you might call them European Chinese, to identify both ethnicity and nationality, but their national origin is China. Their culture is from China. Their language comes from China.
How do you introduce yourself to other people? Would I say “Hi, I’m an ethnic Englishmen/Norwegian/Irishman/Finn/North African?” Or would I say “Hi, I’m an American?” Your nationality is what you identify with.
Ethnicity isn’t the same as nationality or culture.
There are small minorities of white people who have grown up in China. They are Chinese. What else would you call them? If you wanted a more specific label you might call them European Chinese, to identify both ethnicity and nationality, but their national origin is China. Their culture is from China. Their language comes from China.
How do you introduce yourself to other people? Would I say “Hi, I’m an ethnic Englishmen/Norwegian/Irishman/Finn/North African?” Or would I say “Hi, I’m an American?” Your nationality is what you identify with.
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