Nationality debate (9 Viewers)
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The latvians living in US in third generation, who have been once or twice in Latvia, still consider themselves latvians and speak in family in latvian, it all depends on how the parent's raise their kid's. It's your free choice if you want to take the citizenship of the country you are living in, i for one don't blame the russian kid's, who are living in Latvia, for not taking our citizenship, if they consider themselves russians.
for that !..
If you are born in the country that's exactly what you are. A man can be a female because he has his balls cut off to make himself think he is a female, he is and always will be a man. You can think you're latvian and all that's fine keeping your cultural identity, but born and raised in this country makes you American. No other way around it.
I said that there isn't anything wrong with keeping your cultural identity. That is exactly what my German father and Italian mother did for me. But, being born here first and foremost I am an American. The majority of my life has been surrounded by American culture, how am I equally the same as italian/german then? That does not make much sense, now parents keeping their cultural heritage strong yes, but their children are still American or whatever country they are born in.
You're a perfect example! When I was 8-9 I went to a Catholic school. It was the only Catholic school in town, so naturally a lot of Polish immigrants sent their kids there. Among those kids there was a big difference in the attitudes of the parents. Some parents made efforts to teach their kids Polish and speak that at home, send them to after school Polish classes and basically do whatever they could to preserve the parents' heritage. Other parents were totally different. The kids spoke broken Polish, spoke Norwegian to their parents (esp common in mixed couples) and when I was 8 I could already tell that those kids' links to their past would never play a big part in their lives. Now, based on what I've seen growing up, I think the second type of parent is more common that the first. And that explains why lots of people emigrate and then their families just remain in the new country. But not everyone does that. Or even if they do remain they still keep in close touch with their old country.
Btw I consider myself half and half. Polish/Norwegian.
Btw I consider myself half and half. Polish/Norwegian.
Pretty much. He's definitely Italian as well as American. Its like Klose and Podolski for Germany. Yes, they were born in Poland, but that part of Poland (Silesia) is historically German. Why should they have to play for Poland? Rossi's parents are Italian immigrants, and he held dual citizenship. Its a kick in the nuts to US Soccer for sure, he probably should have played for the US, but its not like he did something thoroughly classless, unlike the Jonathan de Guzman case.
De Guzman is a Jamaican/Filipino Canadian, with zero Dutch ethnicity, yet, rather than play with his brother for Canada, he jumped ship to Holland on a technicality. Had he decided to play for Jamaica or the Phillipines, fine, not cool for Canada, but at least that's his cultural background.
De Guzman is a Jamaican/Filipino Canadian, with zero Dutch ethnicity, yet, rather than play with his brother for Canada, he jumped ship to Holland on a technicality. Had he decided to play for Jamaica or the Phillipines, fine, not cool for Canada, but at least that's his cultural background.
