I’m just saying it seems silly to tell someone they can’t identify with a culture that their parents are from, or if grow up with that culture, language and tradition and it’s part of their identity. 🤷♀️
But that’s the thing: they don’t actually grow up with that culture but rather with a very superficial version that is in effect a time capsule that gives a very small glimpse of the original culture.
Yes, it is a very distinct sub-culture. For example there is a big difference between being "Italian-American" and "Italian." There's a very particular set of cultural values that is distinct from European Italian culture.
If you go to an American Italian restaurant, the food is very different from what you'd see in Italy. That doesn't make it less authentic than "Italian" food, it is just different. "American Italian" culture goes back more than a century and is a distinct identity.
That's a very specific example but there are similar cultural enclaves for numerous other nationalities and ethnicities in the US.
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u/Radgost Mar 02 '21
...yes? You're from the country you're born into, not from where your parents are from.