I feel yah... Was born 5 mins away from the US, live 20 mins away from them, and as such....the livestyle here is kinda weird....as a frontier city... I...don't like mexico.......but i most definetly don't like the US either... so here i'm on the internet rambling about it~
Me too...Korean, but English is my only language, and I refuse to touch kimchi or fish. Banana-yellow on the outside, white inside.
*nods* But it is still valuable data! The interpretation that you might make from that is that at least 40% of NUF does not identify with one of the top 30 ethnicities in the world (by population). I think it would have been more interesting if I could have fit like 50-100 ethnicities on the poll though.
I'm American born Chinese, but specifically fuzhounese... Which isn't on the list bc we're a small population lol
I reckon the reason why people put Spanish is because, like our Mexican friend stated here, they tick what seems closest. It would be like an American ticking English because that is the language they speak. Latin American would be up there even higher than Spanish if it was an option cause there is more of us (Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Bolivian, Peruvian, etc etc). Sorry, not trying to be difficult but it would be more accurate than just selecting it because we speak the same language.
It's weird when you kinda don't identify with any... I think of ethnicity as what I was born with.. when asked in RL I say I'm Puerto Rican American.... that is accurate, but I'm really, deep down Boricua always. XD
Totally! I'm really curious about how some countries aren't listed as an ethnicity at all. For instance, Canadian, Australian, and American don't make the list because it's broadly assumed that (almost) everyone living there are immigrants from another ethnicity at some point. And I guess Latin America is similarly complicated too, in a different way. However, that doesn't change the fact that some people will fiercely insist that they're 'murican and sloppie joes are 'murican! So it's interesting how there's such a variety interpretations and views that people have.
At this point, everybody should have mixed ancestry. Me myself have chinese/malay/arab/dutch ancestry lol
Uh, I think you choose the wrong thing to base the poll on. It seems to me that you're looking for racial identity? Cultural identity? (I may be wrong) Ethnicity refers to what one identifies with as in the society, culture, language, etc. What one is most connected or similar with. Hence why you got super inclusive (ex.English) and exclusive groups up there. You can be an outright alien, adopted by Arabians, and identify youself as Arab for ethnicity. Also, you picked a 'contemporary' list and thats even more confusing because contemporary (what does that even mean combined with ethnicity???). Also, I tried searching that up and only direct hits I'm getting is the wikipedia page you found your list on...so not the best choice of lists if wiki is the only one.
Hmm, some of these are very different. Here's something I just looked up from this website: Ethnicity is based on a group (called an ethnic group) that normally has similar traits, such as a common language, common heritage, and cultural similarities within the group. Other variables that play a role in ethnicity, though not in all cases, include a geographical connection to a particular place, common foods and diets, and perhaps a common faith. Race is similar to ethnicity, but relates more to the appearance of a person, especially the color of their skin. It is no longer determined biologically, including inherited genetic traits such as hair color, eye color, bone structure, and jaw structure, among other things. Most of the time, nationality refers to the place where the person was born and/or holds citizenship. However, often times nationality can be determined by place of residence, ethnicity, or national identity. If a person was born in Country A but immigrated to Country B while still a toddler (yes, with their family), he or she might identify (we’ll talk about identity in just a moment) more with the Country B nationality, having been raised there. Heritage can overlap on the ethnicity and nationality a bit at times, but it generally refers to the ancestors of a person, and what they identified with. For example, a child born to naturalized U.S. citizens hailing from Venezuela could say they have a Venezuelan heritage, even if they don’t share the ethnicity (perhaps they can’t speak Spanish), and they are American as far as nationality. Culture is similar to ethnicity, yet really more of a microcosm of it. It may involve one trait or characteristic, sort of like a subset of the various traits that make up an ethnicity. Perhaps a person may be ethnically Jewish, or they could subject themselves to simply one or two things of Jewish culture, such as wearing a kippah; this person may not necessarily relate with the entire macro-ethnicity that is being Jewish. Identity is whatever a person identifies with more, whether it be a particular country, ethnicity, religion, etc. I read this great article by Zeba Khan on MuslimMatters.org: she was born in America, to a Pakistani father and an American woman of Irish descent; she doesn’t identify with either Pakistan or Ireland (too white for Pakistan, too dark for Ireland), and not much with America (she wears the hijab and eats halal). What she does identify with is her Muslim faith, which is similar across boundaries throughout the world. I may be wrong, but I believe that refers to the fact that we do have some "extinct" ethnic groups. "Contemporary" I assume would refer to ones that currently still exist in the world, although there are quite a few that could be classified as "endangered". Here's the Wikipedia category on extinct ethnic groups.
Fun fact. According to research, by the year 3000, there will be no ethnicity left. There will be only one race and language left on earth because of interracial marriage and how fast our communication system developed. Ok I lied. But Doraemon will exist at that time though.
@lychee Alright, I guess I found my definition. thanks But given the list of definition you posted up there. What exactly are you trying to track in our demographic specifically? All the votes you got there can literally be given with different interpretations. That makes for one giant skewed and biased pot of data.
I'm mixed white/black, but am 2 racially ambiguous to identify as either... most people think im Samoan. plus i never really fit in w/ either. i just consider myself mixed.