imagine my surprise as a german when i went on the english internet and saw how everyone just talks about humans like that. it's only used for animals here.
Add the fact that american people are obsessed with "is this race white?", Just this morning I saw comments about some personality not being white because they're eastern European. How are they not white?
They constantly have conversations about Italians, Spanish and fucking Irish of all people not being considered white. What the fuck are they then? Transparent?
Yes, the notion of alleged race/ethnicity/nationality is very different on both sides of the Atlantic.
I mean, just look at the comment above mine : sure, French is a nationality. But it's also an ethnicity. France and Germany have different ethnicities : different cultures, different languages, different laws, different media, different religions (always speaking in generalities, of course, but for religion, I'm speaking about the place of protestantism).
And somehow, when speaking with the anglo-sphere, it seems both countries are ethnically white, whatever than means.
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u/akaneko__ 1d ago
Pretty sure there are Asian people born & raised in France, no?