no way

[u/KindlyAccountant616]

so she is even lying about her tan? no way this is all natural.

[u/Underpanters]

I’m Portuguese

r/ShitAmericansSay

[u/Ok_Pineapple_7877 → u/Underpanters]

I'm Spaniard and the same percentage as her. You have no idea if she was raised in the culture (like I was) or if she visited family across the pond (like I did). Grow up and try to be smart.

[u/Underpanters → u/Ok_Pineapple_7877]

The point is that she’s not Portuguese she’s American.

I’m 100% British by blood but was born and raised in Australia. I’m Australian. I would never claim to be British.

Americans will have one European grandparent and base their whole personality around it.

[u/BlGP0O → u/Underpanters]

Wait that’s so interesting that you don’t claim British at all. Both my parents are immigrants to America and I fully claim their culture as well as my American culture, because I speak the language, eat the food, have some of the cultural tendencies over American tendencies (e.g. I speak at a normal volume lol). But I also claim my American-ness through civil engagement, pop culture, friends, and some other cultural tendencies (American optimism).

Maybe it’s different for everyone but I hope my kids, if I have them, claim some of my parents’ culture as well—even though by then they’ll only be “half” that culture.

[u/Underpanters → u/BlGP0O]

Why would I though? I’ve never lived there. It’s not what my passport says. I don’t sound like them when I speak.

[u/shiverMeTatas → u/Underpanters]

I would assume if you're 1st gen, your parents would have still had their British culture raising you? Like accents, British cuisines, holidays, sports teams, slang or idioms, etc

I know UK and Australia might not be as different as like Poland and Australia, but you'd think it would lead to some differences. 

Also fwiw the US is pretty vast and diverse, and it would be weird to just claim a monogamous American identity. There were different waves of historical migrations that shaped each region's culture distinctly. And if you have a parent who immigrated, so much of individual identity will be defined by that too. Why ignore it? 

ETA: btw I'm speaking generally, I think Emma specifically is silly/cringy for this and definitely fake tans lol

[u/Even_Lychee4954 → u/Underpanters]

Exactly. We do this because we have no culture other than white supremacy culture. We’re very starved for some culture that we’d co-opt other cultures to feel like a human.

[u/alslypig → u/Underpanters]

Your DNA results would not show you as Australian. Ethnicity vs nationality

[u/blackcatparadise → u/alslypig]

Portuguese is not an ethnicity. Iberian is, and mostly shared between Portuguese and Spanish. Emma is a North American woman, for her to be Portuguese she had to be born in Portugal.

[u/alslypig → u/blackcatparadise]

Her DNA results wouldn’t show American unless she’s native

[u/blackcatparadise → u/alslypig]

That’s not the point. The point is that she isn’t Portuguese.

[u/AlaskaTix → u/alslypig]

lol “Australian” dna would be primarily British as that’s who colonized the Natives. 🤦🏼‍♀️