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Originally Posted by vieirinho
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You said "you cannot transfer culture without living in an area or a nation that shares those cultures." which is true, but this applies to many people in large multi-cultural cities in north america.
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Exactly, which is why I am trying to say that most people who claim they are a certain nationality, are really not that nationality.
I'll use the irish, again. A lot of people claim that they are Irish around me. However, the only thing they THINK they share with Ireland is getting brutally wasted and St. Patrick's day (which isn't in the spirit of St. Patrick's day anyway).
So yes, people such as yourself and also many Indian people whose families stay around others who are FOB from their nation end up surrounding their children with a sort of mini india, or mini Protugal or mini whatever - but in MOST cases this is not so.
My personal feeling is that you either have to be from the nation which you claim to be from, or be constantly surrounded and have grown up with people that are from that nation in order to grow up with the culture and values.
Parents who are a couple generations ahead of their immigrant ancestors that attempt to teach you some traditions and then tell you you're Latvian doesn't really fly well. (not really sure where the punctuation was supposed to go in that sentence)