Groo the Wanderer Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 okies. you will be coming home one day. soon. <insert ominous cat picture here> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomaly Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='Hasan' timestamp='1334686722' post='2419578'] I'm not a practicing Catholic but I don't deny that being raised Catholic was a major force in forming who I am today and have no desire to change or expunge that influence. [/quote]Amen, brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 An American Catholic. Catholic is the noun, American is the adjective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='Hasan' timestamp='1334686722' post='2419578'] I'm not a practicing Catholic but I don't deny that being raised Catholic was a major force in forming who I am today and have no desire to change or expunge that influence. [/quote] Catholicism created a monster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='Groo the Wanderer' timestamp='1334685702' post='2419549'] I am Catholic, then Texan, then American. I avoid racial/cultural definitions as much as possible. If I am asked I say 'yes' to whatever is offered up. If I have to check boxes on a form, I check them all. If I have to fill in the blank on a form I either put 'human' or 'Mesopotamian'. and...I get really pissed when people call me names or say I am not Hispanic because I don't speak Spanish (yet) [/quote] Why (how) are we not friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo the Wanderer Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='franciscanheart' timestamp='1334687350' post='2419591'] Why (how) are we not friends? [/quote] I thought we were Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='Groo the Wanderer' timestamp='1334688572' post='2419610'] I thought we were [/quote] My bad. My memory smells of elderberries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='franciscanheart' timestamp='1334689545' post='2419621'] My bad. My memory smells of elderberries. [/quote] She is not lying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='IcePrincessKRS' timestamp='1334684057' post='2419519'] Hmmm... Probably... but also largely because of the way I was raised. My mom told me a couple times that growing up she was never really sure what comprised her her heritage 100% because her dad would say "We're Americans" and not delve into their heritage that much. She knew there was Polish on her mom's side (pretty much 100%) and some Irish on her dad's. [/quote] your mom's dad sounds like my parents. though my mom [s]is[/s] was extensively involved in genealogy, whenever we asked as kids, she just would say, "Heinz 57 Americans" - meaning that we're a mix, but always emphasized the "American" part. now I know that my heritage is mainly about the whitest combination you can come up with: Irish, Scottish, German, and English. with a little bit of French thrown in for good measure (with my maiden name, because instead of a hard "g" sound, it's a soft "g"). (those who have met me in person can attest to my "whiteyness" aka really white skin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1334684785' post='2419534'] A little bit of it all? I'm American and was raised to be proud to be American. My grandparents are naturalized citizens, so it's a big deal to them. I have a connection with my German heritage because of my grandparents, and where I grew up. Where I grew up used to have the highest concentration of Germans in the world outside of Germany. The priest that married my husband and I didn't speak English until he went to school, because his family still spoke German, so there was a definite cultural connection still present, though most people did now speak English in their home. I also consider myself a midwesterner and a Minnesotan, and I definitely think having grown up in MN has affected how I interact with other people, the same way someone who grew up in NYC would have grown up with a different "standard" for interacting with people. [/quote] i remember my mom telling me where she grew up in KS that there was a huge grouping of Germans - one town was named "Germantown", but during WWII, it was re-named because they wanted everyone to know that they were good Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) If people ask "what I am," I'll respond that I'm Italian. The culture in my family is most prominently shaped by our Italian heritage. I'm more apt to say I'm from South Jersey and identify myself as a New Jerseyan (read: "Jersey girl"), rather than an American. [quote name='HisChildForever' timestamp='1334686810' post='2419581'] American. [b]North Jerseyian.[/b] If people ask me my "roots" I'd say primarily Irish. [/quote] Boo hiss. Edited April 17, 2012 by MissyP89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I see myself as an American, an Italian, and a southern Californian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1334691203' post='2419643'] I see myself as an American, an Italian, and a[s] Southern Californian[/s] Pittsburgher. [/quote] better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 LOL yes...that too! you can take the guy out of So.Cal., but you can't take the FABULOUS out of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fides' Jack Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 No - you're all WRONG!!! Why is this in the debate table? Back on topic: I am defined by whatever FQI says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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