@iceman: a person born and raised in korea is korean, not american. You are where you where you born. You can have all the cultural heritage you parents could possibly give you, but you are where you were born before anything else. For example, parents relocate to other countries so their children can be born in the country they move too so they won't have the problems the parents had in "their" respective home countries.
@martin: where do you draw the line to say that you are both? I have a friend that was born in germany, but studied in the USA for years, learned english here, american customs/music, etc, studies at an american university, he travels here even with his german parents yearly. So how can he possibly claim he is "german american" then? Some people here claim that by home tradition, and correct me if I am misinterpreting your comments, but that clasifies you as a double nationality? This friend pretty much did everything here including soccer and work, but he is still german in my opinion because that is where he was born.
@kosova: you know the point I was trying to make. You can't turn yourself into something you already aren't. You can't be born in two different countries. Naturalization through the system is different than being born in the country.
@martin: where do you draw the line to say that you are both? I have a friend that was born in germany, but studied in the USA for years, learned english here, american customs/music, etc, studies at an american university, he travels here even with his german parents yearly. So how can he possibly claim he is "german american" then? Some people here claim that by home tradition, and correct me if I am misinterpreting your comments, but that clasifies you as a double nationality? This friend pretty much did everything here including soccer and work, but he is still german in my opinion because that is where he was born.
@kosova: you know the point I was trying to make. You can't turn yourself into something you already aren't. You can't be born in two different countries. Naturalization through the system is different than being born in the country.
