i'm adopted, i don't know who my biological parents are or what their ethnicity is. i'm always frankly a bit insulted when someone tries to tack blame on me for something that my "ancestors" did when I don't even know who my "ancestors" are.
the whole concept of sharing responsibility (both good, and bad!) for what your e.g. parents, grandparents and so forth did before you even existed has frankly always felt a little preposterous to me.
it's the same kind of feeling i get when someone expresses pride in a sports team that they favor, or malice toward a team they don't favor. like when japan won the world cup and everyone on facebook was saying LOL WE STILL NUKED U AND WON etc. what a bunch of assclowns, you didn't win any wars, you didn't nuke anyone, not that turning tens of thousands of civilians into an obsidian basin is anything to take pride in. riding on coattails imo. rant is over now.
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