Anonymous #1 17h

they weren’t at the time and aren’t now societally. i consider us to be americans, just different colors of the same cloth. but OP doesn’t seem to mean that, based on the context, so using their standards, we probably wouldn’t be to them. “defend the homeland” is a common dog whistle. and frankly, atupid bc there is literally no one here besides descendants of slavery who cannot pay a lil money and figure out their “blood” is not American, as in the USA.

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Anonymous #2 17h

wrong. there is one group of people who are native to the united states/north america. everyone else came from elsewhere even if its generations ago. so i reject the nationalist idea of American blood bc most of the population, unless they have roots in Latin or South America, have it. i’m not talking out of my ass lol i have a history degree. and thats how we see it.

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Anonymous OP 17h

like if ur ancestors are not from pre colonial usa or canada or latin/south america, ur african, or asian, or european. thats not subjective, its fact😭

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Anonymous OP 17h

Idk about all that. I just know I have family dating back to the mayflower. I’m an original American. Not naturalized.

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Anonymous #2 17h

yeah? hey siri, where’d the mayflower come from?

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Anonymous OP 17h

My family was on land when the United States became independent. July 4th, 1776. Anything else was not the United States of America. Hope that helps

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Anonymous OP 17h

ur missing the point. i have family going back to 1624. but im black… we weren’t here before lmao. so when OP talks about blood, it doesn’t matter, genetically, ancestrally, if u are not indigenous or latin/south american then…there is no real American. bc everyone BUT them came from a different continent. thats historical fact gng. culture, nationality, and even race, is different from ethnicity. and ethnically. if ur not in those groups…pipe down

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Anonymous OP 17h

like i consider myself to be american. but to ur point a dna/ancestry inquiry revealed my ancestors are from modern day mali. thats what im talking about. my family had been here for centuries but if we’re talking about blood…theres a difference. history is about nuance ya know? u have to be specific.

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Anonymous OP 17h

Yeah I get what you’re saying

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Anonymous #2 15h

Do you think that you have the genetic signature of the Declaration of Independence 😭 You’re ethnically British. Your British ancestors became American.

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Anonymous #4 15h

I didn’t want to mention it because it’s small but I do have 1% American Indian/native in my bloodstream. Unfortunately 1% result alone is not enough to prove tribal affiliations and get all the benefits and stuff they get

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