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by throwaway_30724 689 days ago
I can't wait until we just get to be American.

Tired of questions asking "what I am", both from people and on forms. I'm American, not Asian, not Latinx. I have so far traced 3 great-grandparents lines back to England and 1 from an eastern European country that no longer exist (so how am I suppose to classify myself with that?). 2 left for Virginia in the 1600's the other 2 left for the US in the early 1800's. I'm an 11th generation American, yet I don't have that option on forms and people still ask me where I am from - no, I mean before that, what country are your(my) parents from? confusion

Also, I don't speak Spanish, so am not Hispanic (why is this even grouped with things like Asian, Black, White? and why are Asian's Asian but the other two get colors?)