Forum Members' Locations - Regions Poll

[Santander]

Foreign posters: sorry!!  Totally blanked on that.

That's what Hawaii's for.

[Santander]

Going to college in Big 10 Country, but I still think of myself as a New Englander.

Where? And nothin' wrong with staying loyal to your roots!  I went to high school and college in Iowa City, but I still consider myself an Illinoisan at heart.

Replace Illinois, German, or Lutheran with white and tell me you would still say this.

[Santander]

Going to college in Big 10 Country, but I still think of myself as a New Englander.

Where? And nothin' wrong with staying loyal to your roots!  I went to high school and college in Iowa City, but I still consider myself an Illinoisan at heart.

Replace Illinois, German, or Lutheran with white and tell me you would still say this.

Why would I say that when it's not remotely the same?

Can you choose your ethnicity? Can you choose where you were born? Can you choose your skin color? Are the answers to these questions the same?

[Santander]

Going to college in Big 10 Country, but I still think of myself as a New Englander.

Where? And nothin' wrong with staying loyal to your roots!  I went to high school and college in Iowa City, but I still consider myself an Illinoisan at heart.

Replace Illinois, German, or Lutheran with white and tell me you would still say this.

Why would I say that when it's not remotely the same?

Can you choose your ethnicity? Can you choose where you were born? Can you choose your skin color? Are the answers to these questions the same?

"White" is clearly a broader term that doesn't carry the cultural distinctiveness that being from a specific state or having ancestry from a specific country or being part of a specific religion, all things that unify the people involved over shared ideals.  Being proud of being "White" is as ridiculous as being proud of having blonde hair - there is no inherent culture to either, unless you think that people who don't have those traits are inferior or something.

Now quit trolling a thread about forum members' locations and go outside or something.

"New England" is clearly broader than an individual state, just as "white" is broader than German ethnicity.