• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
    23·
    11 months ago

    I’m a New Yorker and this is slander. A few bad apples bring up the average, but most of us bite fewer than a thousand people a year.

    (Are you counting incidences of biting or individual bites? Like if I just eat a tourist, is that one biting or many bites?)

        • Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml
          112·
          11 months ago

          Why are you being confrontational about this? Italian Americans aren’t claiming to have Italian citizenship. Their cultural identity has more to do with their cuisine and values passed down the family. It’s more than just a piece of land that’s shaped like a boot.

        • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          7·
          11 months ago

          As an American it’s frustrating to me as well

          The amount of people I know who have no attachment to their so called “homeland” is pretty much most of them. And usually due to their families they basically just pick one family to associate with.

          I know people who say “I’m Irish” while their siblings say “I’m Finnish.” Simply because of which grandparent they more closely associated with.

          Of course normally when I ask people where they’re from it’s usually in the context of which state.

          Edit: By attachment I mean no other attachments than genetics. They don’t take part in the culture, they don’t visit, they don’t stay in contact with their relatives over there, hell most don’t even know any of their relatives over there.

            • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
              102·
              11 months ago

              Because America is incredibly diverse, so saying your American is virtually meaningless in terms of your culture and values.

                • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
                  52·
                  11 months ago

                  And Indians tend to refer to themselves as Bengali, Tamil, Telegu, etc…

                  So why is Americans giving a more culturally specific title at times confusing to you?

            • Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml
              31·
              11 months ago

              They do, but depending on context, Italian is the answer they really being asked. If an American asks another American about their background and they get an answer like Italian-American or American of Italian decent, they’ll get a funny look because the American part is implied.

        • ComradeR@lemmy.ml
          12·
          11 months ago

          I don’t understand that too! I have some Italian ancestors on my mom’s side of the family. But I’m brazilian and I refuse to call myself “Italian”.