What Is Your Ethnic Backround?

[Maki Riddington]

I'll start.
I'm half Nipon (Japanese) half English.
My grandparents were from Nottingham.

[Joe Black]

English all the way :)

[Wizard]

Well
My parents are from Greece.
My grandparents were from Venecia(Italy)
But I'm 100% Greek.

[IceRgrrl]

Maki, you are full of topic today...good ones, BTW :)

I'm Lithuanian, Finn, Slovak, and Russian...a veritable United Nations.

[Savannah]

I'm half german, a bit canadian. Mostly European background in grand parents (czech, romanian) but!!!!
My grandmother's side hails from Ireland:p

[Cackerot69]

Maki = Angry Drunken Asian.

I'm german and some other stuff.

[chris mason]

I am sure one of my nationalities will be a source of amusement for many, but here goes.....

Irish, Polish, German, and English

[xraygirl]

Puerto-Rican, Spanish, and whitest-white-bread:D

D.

[Tryska]

100% East Indian.

(btw..no turban jokes..no curry jokes, no 7-11 jokes tuttut )

:D

[Ironman15]

Part german, french, english, and my great grandma was cherokee indian. :cool:

[xraygirl]

..no curry jokes

Oh...I looove curry. The Japanese are hooked on curry (thank God!) and it's the only food I've found here that I like. Okay...that and the bento trays. I was raised among east indians. My parent's used to run hotels and they were always owned by indians (yep...they were all last named Patel:rolleyes: )

[heathj]

Tryska, do you work at the Quik-E-Mart? :p Hell, it wasn't 7-11 :D

[chris mason]

so T., Hindu or Muslim?

[Tryska]

Chris...neither/nor.... I was actually baptized in the Church of India (episcopalian), communed a roman catholic, and confirmed a lutheran......as of right now? hmm......polytheist/pagan naturist, perhaps, is the best description? My family held to no strict dogma, and we were actually raised to choose our own way.....

Keith....that's it...your slurpee and porn supply is cut off...now get out of my store! tuttut

xray girl.....*lol* i forgot about the hotels....and my last name is not Patel! although i know about 4 or 5 different ones.....

[Craig James]

Maki, what an interesting topic.

I always hated getting asked this as I probably epitomize the American melting pot. I am a veritable Heinz 57. From what I can remember, I have some Irish, English, German, Swedish, Cherokee, Apache, and many more that I have forgotten- except no Polish.. No, definitely not any Polish*.





*The above comment about not being Polish was in no way meant in a derogatory manner. It was purely a statement of relief that none of those Polish jokes were ever about me.**

**To any people out there of Polish descent(Chris) that might have been offended by that rude statement - it was made in jest, looking only for cheap laughs, and I apologize. The author could just as easily have picked on the French...***

***By the way, I am a Blonde, so I have bourne my own share of shame and ridicule...

[Tryska]

*roflmao*

nice discalimer.

[mds_79]

canadian
i think i'm probably mostly british isles maybe a bit of french on my mothers side. raised a jehovahs witness (no jokes guys tuttut ) now an athesist.

[beercan]

guinea/ spic with a mick last name

[the doc]

1/2 irish/ 1/2 german:)

[Tryska]

Originally posted by beercan
guinea/ spic with a mick last name

*lol* only in New York....so what, like Juan Epstein, except Irish?

[Allie]

Czech, Irish, and German

[Tackleberry]

I am definitely heinz 57. I am mostly german, but with lots of other stuff mixed in. Several people have told me I look norwegian. :confused:

[chris mason]

Damn, if I could remember a blonde joke right now you would definitely be in trouble:( !

[Pup]

Half-irish, half cherokee indian

[Darcy Tucker]

Half Armenian and half Canadian.
THE WAY TO GO!!!

[Chris Rodgers]

Half Italian/Half Irish



Where are all the Italians up in hea??

[Tryska]

I knew it Latty!

Camaro
Obsession
Z-Cavaricci.

:p

[Chris Rodgers]

Get out of the 80's Tryska!!


Damn, how old are you? hehe

[Alex.V]

Cuban, with some Spanish and some German.

[Craig James]

Chris, don't hurt yourself too much trying to think of a blonde joke... But while you are working at it, here is one for you-

Two Irish-Polish-German-and-English-mix dudes are sitting in a bar getting bored, so they decide to play twenty questions. The first Irish-Polish-German-and-English-mix dude tries to think of a subject for his friend to guess and, after a little pondering, comes up with "moose penis." He tells his friend he’s ready to play.

"OK," says the second Irish-Polish-German-and-English-mix dude. "Is it something good to eat?"

The first Irish-Polish-German-and-English-mix dude thinks for a moment, then laughs and replies, "Sure, I guess you could eat it."

The second Irish-Polish-German-and-English-mix dude says, "Is it a moose penis?"

[Chris Rodgers]

LMAO@the new guy. weirdo

[Cackerot69]

Hahaha....

[Gyno Rhino]

About 90% english, 10% nordic. (The only mesomorphic qualities I have are in that 10% viking, I do believe!)

[RisingPhoenix]

damn.... i thought i was the only Indian in here. :eek:

I have some Persian/Iranian blood as one of my ancestors was a Hindu Princess who married into the Moghul Royal family of India..

It still doesn't stop my parents from gloating over our "High caste" purity...... :rolleyes:

[SweatHawg]

My Dad was part American Indian & whatever, & Mom was Scottish/Irish mix....so I have been told...

[Franco]

100% Red Blooded Italian:)

[Joe Black]

Damn...

Never knew there was such a mix between individuals..

I feeling boring to be 100% English lol

Good topic btw Maki.

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

100% Geordie.

Although my family name is partly Irish and Scottish, and my parents are from different parts of the country so aren't real Geordies at all.

[YatesNightBlade]

50% English 50% Scottish

[Tryska]

Originally posted by RisingPhoenix
damn.... i thought i was the only Indian in here. :eek:

I have some Persian/Iranian blood as one of my ancestors was a Hindu Princess who married into the Moghul Royal family of India..

It still doesn't stop my parents from gloating over our "High caste" purity...... :rolleyes:

hee hee...Desi!

i'm 100% South Indian...no more/no less.

[chris mason]

Craig, oh the humanity....

[RisingPhoenix]

Trsyka,

what part of South India?

[Anthony]

English, born in Canada.

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

Phoenix: the bottom part :D

[RisingPhoenix]

hehehe.... silly me. :D

[c_8nOM]

100% kRaZY KOrEan who doesn't know how to speak or write "perfect" English..

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

Don't worry about it C_8nom, most of the 'real' English people can't either...

[Tryska]

Phoenix....near Bangalore....I was born in Vellore, to get technical.:D

you? were you born there? where do you live now?

[Tryska]

Originally posted by LATMAN
Get out of the 80's Tryska!!


Damn, how old are you? hehe

*lol*

tha sad thing is latty....you and i both know THEY are still out there, cruising the streets in YOUR neighborhood. ;)

[RisingPhoenix]

Naa I was born in Indiana... and still live here.... my parents immigrated here..

my parents must've thought there'd be alot of Indians here...:p

[Tryska]

oh i see...let me change that to ABCD then;)

i moved here when i was 5..left India at 2 though...

[vox]

I have been asked if I am Spanish, Italian, Mexican etc. I tell them I am just a Canadian whiteboy. I have Scottish, Irish in me. Doing a family tree so I don't know where my dark complexion comes from.

[Chris Rodgers]

Originally posted by Tryska


*lol*

tha sad thing is latty....you and i both know THEY are still out there, cruising the streets in YOUR neighborhood. ;)


LOL! It's true. Sad, but true.

[pr3]

I don't know how all of you know your mixture. The other day at work, they have this old man (very old fashioned who still has a WWII mentality about races). He asks me..."(my name)...do you think you're Spanish?"

My co-worker heard that and started laughing. Right away I said "I KNOW I'm Spanish."

And then he asked a stupit question that I can't remember now.

But I know I'm Spanish. Some people don't believe I'm Spanish since I sometimes (don't know why) look white, some people have asked me if I'm Italian or French. I know my grandmother is of indian descent (central america type --maybe the aztecs or whatever). My dad was into communism while I was a lil' baby (my middle name is russian) so I don't know if he has some kind of Russian descent.

AND no, I am not a communist.tuttut

[xraygirl]

My mom is ashamed to admit that she's puerto-rican. It's so annoying sometimes. She insists that she's basque of all things. Forget the fact that she was born and raised on the island, that her grandmother was a full-blooded puerto-rican indian and that her maiden name was deJesus. I guess that basque has a higher snob factor...:rolleyes:

Diana, who is not basque

[Tryska]

you know though?

all this snob factor stuff, that a lot of folks grew up with? IMO it just furthers racism, classism what have you......i find it hilarious, and actually i'm thankful my folks didn't subscribe, because i think i would feel a tad bit uncomfortable in my own skin if they did, you know what i mean?

[xraygirl]

I hear ya! I make jokes about being a puerto-rican half-breed, but the truth is that I refuse to put my race on any applications. The only place where I can see that it would be pertinent would be on a medical background. That's because certain races have a higher propensity for certain conditions such as sickle-cell, CAD, etc. Did you know that 90% of African Americans and 80% of Hispanics are lactose intolerant? Some groups are saying that Flo-Jo exacerbated her asthma problem with all the dairy that she consumed. Like I say, knowing racial background is important for medical reasons.

Diana, falling off the soapbox...

[Craig James]

WARNING: Long winded post on racism to follow

I think that it is human nature to feel that you are a part of something special. Many people act on this differently, but I believe that many let themselves get carried away and turn this into a need to look down on others who are different in order to feel good about themselves.

This need to "bond" with others that you feel that you can relate to is actually kind of an interesting study. For example, I hate NBA player Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz, partly because he is a dirty player at times, but mostly because he is so good at beating up on my team the Phoenix Suns. But let me tell you, when Malone plays for the American Team in the Olympics, you bet I root for him along with the other players because he is now on my "team". I feel a kinship to him now because we both have similarities in that we have a common goal - he playing for the gold; me praying for the gold.

I happen to be a big movie buff, and I read an interesting thing about the making of the original Planet of the Apes. There were dozens of different actors of all different ethnicities dressed up in a variety of ape suits. Some were dressed as gorillas, some as chimps, and others as orangutans. A strange thing started to happen at lunch time during the shoot of the movie. All of the actors, each dressed as one of these three different primates, ate lunch at different tables. All of the gorillas sat and ate at one table, while the chimps gathered by themselves at a different one, and the orangutans at yet another. It was all unintentional, and appeared to be a subconscious class distinction. I think that they felt the need to hang out with those that they most easily related to.
"Me gorilla. Me want to eat with other gorilla, not wimpy little chimp-boy."
They felt the need to belong to a "team". Yet the apes saw past their differences and teamed up against their common enemy humans during the course of the movie.

I propose this as an answer to a common form of racism today: We need to get those d@mn scientists off of their @sses and get them to find some new alien species out there in the vast cosmos, and challenge them in some new intergalactic Olympic games. In the struggle against the Giant OozingSquid People(GOSP), all of the people of earth would be on the same team...*sniff* Then we might finally all just get along! **blows nose -HONK**

Of course, that begins a whole new type of racism, then...

Sorry, you all, but I was bored tonight and felt like writing this new treatise on the beginning of alien racism.

The preceding has been the opinion of a sad dateless-on-a-Saturday-night little man, and in no way represents the belief of the management or any other sane individuals...



(By the way, Xraygirl, do you find that lifting weights helps you maneuver those big, bulky C-Arm machines any easier???)

[RisingPhoenix]

This 'snob factor' is a huge thing in my family...

My 95 year old grandmother in India refuses to eat with non-Brahmins or Non-hindus....

She believes that her "brahmin blood" can be tainted just by being in the presence of any other ethnicity.... so she takes a shower every time she returns home from an outing.

Of course, my dad or mom aren't this bad.... but they are still pretty racist people.
My dad has already warned me that if he ever finds out i have a gf he'll dis-own me (hope he doesn't find out :D )

Anyways, that really ****es me off.

[RisingPhoenix]

instead of moving on with the rest of the world, they've just molded their racist views so they can be 'concealed' easier.

So now its just moved from open discrimination of others to 'maintaining our superior genes'.

I think this gives good insights on racism in general...
Most prejudices stem from a fear of integration, not because they 'hate' other groups...although they may harbor some bad feelings towards them.

Thats why i'm suspicious around people....you never know who's racist and who's not.... their true colors won't show until you see their reaction to their daughter or son marrying someone of another faith, religion,caste, creed or whatever.

[xraygirl]

Craig: A little, but I think that being taller than 5'1" would probably help more :D. What lifting weights really helps with is moving around overweight military dependant wives :rolleyes:

Phoenix: My mom spent years trying to move to the "North Side of Town". It's so stupid. Even now, she lives in the ghetto and puts on airs. I can't relate.

D.

[Shaggy]

100% Anglo Saxon...and proud!



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[Jane]

100% pure Russian! not one little trace of anything else :D

(not that its bad to be anything else, but theres nothing wrong with knowing where your roots are)

BTW, I moved to America when i was almost 9, in case anyone cares. Right now, Im not a citizen anywhere. Not in Us. Not in Russia.

I ought to have my own country.

[chris mason]

LOL Craig!

[PowerManDL]

Originally posted by Jane
100% pure Russian! not one little trace of anything else :D

(not that its bad to be anything else, but theres nothing wrong with knowing where your roots are)

BTW, I moved to America when i was almost 9, in case anyone cares. Right now, Im not a citizen anywhere. Not in Us. Not in Russia.

I ought to have my own country.

I care, Jane-- You can have part of my country if it makes you feel better.

Power

[body]

celtic as my lack of ability to get a sun tan. or more recently part welsh/english and a tiny bit candain and irish.

[Tryska]

craig I agree.....It's a tribalism of sorts....

phoenix....i think with my folks being christian, they left specifically to get away from that "caste" thing....

xray - i'm with you on not checking boxes..*lol* i'm the same way. :D

[Maddog]

100% irish.

[gino]

Italian & French

[ElPietro]

I was born in Toronto, Canada. My father was born in italy and migrated when he was 18...yes he was the typical italian stereo-type imported labourer. My mother was born in Canada but her parents were 100% scottish. So i guess that makes me a Scottish-Italian.

Baptised and confirmed as United...currently an atheist.

I also like curry btw. :)

[Paul Stagg]

I'm a mutt.

WASP, German, Polish.

[Tryska]

Originally posted by ElPietro
I also like curry btw. :)

Me too. Curry is good :p

[degsta]

All German here

[Hercules]

english, irish, scottish, portuguese, norwegian(viking baby, yeah!), choctaw and cherokee indian. i have a cousin living in the u.k. many might know her even though most people think i am full of it when i tell them we are related, my 18th cousin and proud of it. i think you can figure out her name is elizabeth windsor(spelling may be off, sorry). yes, the queen is a distant cousin of mine. knock off a few generations and.....


Long live Firemedic, King of England!!!!:D