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20. I was raised in a working class environment where casual racism was common.

Fri Jun 19, 2015, 06:42 PM

Jun 2015

Last edited Sat Jun 20, 2015, 03:28 AM - Edit history (1)

Then I went to college and I quickly figured out that the people of the world are divided into only three categories

Smart, interesting people
Ciphers
Assholes

The Sub Genius crowd divides humanity into Larrys, Moes and Curlys in a similar fashion.

And those divisions cross EVERY other false divide.

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Who among us is not of mixed heritage? I know I am. [View all] panader0 Jun 2015 OP

I am german, french, irish, british... If you count my moms folks and my dads. Dads father peacebird Jun 2015 #1

All ancestors of both my mother and father were from Ireland. n/t RebelOne Jun 2015 #2

Erin go bragh! panader0 Jun 2015 #6

On my mon's side.... pretty much all Irish SouthernLiberal Jun 2015 #44

Even my ex-husband was of Irish descent. RebelOne Jun 2015 #63

"We are all of us mongrels, who must learn not to bite one another" cali Jun 2015 #3

Yes. "more in common than that which separates us". panader0 Jun 2015 #9

I'm not, unless you count the marauding hordes who ravaged central Europe ages ago. femmocrat Jun 2015 #4

I guarantee you are cali Jun 2015 #7

I can trace both sides of my family dumbcat Jun 2015 #59

I come from that part of East Central Europe that was the highway for every invasion hobbit709 Jun 2015 #5

Maybe we are related! LOL femmocrat Jun 2015 #11

I am a low maintenance mutt olddots Jun 2015 #8

My grandmother on my dads side was pure English AgingAmerican Jun 2015 #86

In the canine world and the feline world hifiguy Jun 2015 #93

Alex Jones. KamaAina Jun 2015 #10

LOL. panader0 Jun 2015 #13

On some level NOLALady Jun 2015 #81

Mother from Romania, father from Bulgaria. cloudbase Jun 2015 #12

"all American" Heinz 57. A melting pot. A good thing. panader0 Jun 2015 #14

If you read history, it's clear just about everyone but the Celts and maybe the Vikings hifiguy Jun 2015 #19

The Celts were there too starroute Jun 2015 #26

THAT is diversity! hifiguy Jun 2015 #30

Go far enough back, and we're all mutts. okasha Jun 2015 #15

I hope we will. frogmarch Jun 2015 #16

I am 100% German on mom's side. hifiguy Jun 2015 #17

Exactly. Who will bigots hate in the future when everyone is mixed? panader0 Jun 2015 #18

I was raised in a working class environment where casual racism was common. hifiguy Jun 2015 #20

I agree laundry_queen Jun 2015 #92

I am 100% northwestern European gollygee Jun 2015 #21

Nope shanti Jun 2015 #22

Wait--eight different heritages and you're not mixed? panader0 Jun 2015 #23

Not sarcasm shanti Jun 2015 #29

Okay. 99% Caucasian. But mixed heritage. panader0 Jun 2015 #38

French is considered southern Europe. Drahthaardogs Jun 2015 #62

Race should only matter in a medical need. All else is bullshit seveneyes Jun 2015 #24

At some point in the long ago past, we were all much more the same. logosoco Jun 2015 #25

Yes. "We are connected with love. But too many of us forget this." panader0 Jun 2015 #28

I'm a mixture of Russian Jews, Polish Jews, and Hungarian Jews starroute Jun 2015 #27

This I had not heard. surrealAmerican Jun 2015 #32

I never knew starroute Jun 2015 #35

Your post makes me think about the idea of heritage: panader0 Jun 2015 #36

Hey! I'm 1/4 Lithuanian! MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #39

Emma Goldman was born in Lithuania starroute Jun 2015 #65

Troublemakers MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #69

People should start writing in "human" when asked what their "race" is. hifiguy Jun 2015 #31

I've done that for years! Probably drive the census people crazy. :P ladyVet Jun 2015 #66

I have done that for years as well. 3catwoman3 Jun 2015 #80

Proud to be "mongrel" Coventina Jun 2015 #33

Proud American Mongrel here Warpy Jun 2015 #34

Ireland, Scotland, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Denmark LittleBlue Jun 2015 #37

Some Cherokee Indian in my linage. CrispyQ Jun 2015 #40

Thanks for so many relies. This OP is because of the Charleston massacre. panader0 Jun 2015 #41

I'm part Neanderthal. n/t eShirl Jun 2015 #42

Weren't there some recent studies that showed that most of us have Neanderthal genetic ties? panader0 Jun 2015 #43

My mother's family were Jews from Ukraine. JEB Jun 2015 #45

I'm part amoeba. I'm so friggin' sick of race politics and gender politics. nt valerief Jun 2015 #46

Latvian. tavernier Jun 2015 #47

I would love to know more about Latvian culture--about every culture. panader0 Jun 2015 #51

Father is Russian/Ukranian, Mother is French and Spanish. JaneyVee Jun 2015 #48

According to Ancestry.com LiberalElite Jun 2015 #49

I'm all European heritage as far as I know mvd Jun 2015 #50

Haven't the tiniest clue, but I assume I'm mixed. SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #52

The Ancestry. com web site recently had a two week free trial. panader0 Jun 2015 #54

Thanks for the info. SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #58

One quarter Swede, and the rest Northern European mongrel, with joy! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #53

Throw in a little Californian by osmosis. panader0 Jun 2015 #56

Oh, of course! My kids and my husband are all native Californians! Osmosis works. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #57

I'm mixed of British and German, but was born in Indonesia... cascadiance Jun 2015 #55

I went from seventh to twelve grade in Hawaii. (class of '68) panader0 Jun 2015 #60

Yeah, I did the reverse trek of Obama then... cascadiance Jun 2015 #67

Both set of parents from Piemonte Italy Drahthaardogs Jun 2015 #61

Well I am all German and can prove it but have very seldom talked about it because I was raised to jwirr Jun 2015 #64

Scots-Irish and Dutch on paternal side, German and Cherokee on maternal side... Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #68

My ancestors all trace back to Eastern Africa. dawg Jun 2015 #70

My genealogy is old enough to be similar to American diversity... HereSince1628 Jun 2015 #71

Beautiful. And good for you that you know this history. panader0 Jun 2015 #73

I'm pure bread Ardipithecus,....(186,000+or- times removed.) Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #72

I could give a shit less about heritage, really. Jamastiene Jun 2015 #74

So many of us have this stuff in our history. panader0 Jun 2015 #75

I haven't either since learning my white and Cherokee adopted Jamastiene Jun 2015 #79

My grandfather, an esteemed historian, went west from NY during the Alaskan Gold Rush. panader0 Jun 2015 #82

Japanese/Maltese Katashi_itto Jun 2015 #76

Well, that explains it. I always knew there was something about you. panader0 Jun 2015 #77

Possibly clarify? I am not sure what to think :) Katashi_itto Jun 2015 #83

I guess I should have used the sarcasm thing. panader0 Jun 2015 #84

Oh no problem. I just wasn't sure how to take it. Katashi_itto Jun 2015 #85

This thread devolved into a genealogy thing panader0 Jun 2015 #87

Weirdly enough I experienced plenty of racism as not being full Japanese. Katashi_itto Jun 2015 #88

Most of us are a mix of Neanderthal and the nastier sort of human that wiped out the Neanderthals. Vattel Jun 2015 #78

I am 100% kentauros Jun 2015 #89

Black and Latino romanic Jun 2015 #90

English, Irish, Scots, Welsh, French, German, and Dutch. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2015 #91

Polish on both sides as far as we can trace Retrograde Jun 2015 #94

According to my Ancestry DNA test historylovr Jun 2015 #95

150 proof Scotch. bluedigger Jun 2015 #96

I am a multi heritage, multi ethnic hybrid, with ancestors from three continents. Zorra Jun 2015 #97