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I hate how many people are against russian ancestry (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Obviously, not everyone is like this, if you’re not like this, I don’t mean you.

You can hate the Russian government or the culture or whatever, but you shouldn’t hate people. You shouldn’t hate people of Russian descent just because of where they came from, because of the language they speak, because of what the russian government is doing.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm guessing you're in Europe? On this side of the pond everyone white is descended from someone somewhere else, so in my experience it never really matters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I’m in the U.S. 😓

[–] Dasus 1 points 12 hours ago

On this side of the pond people don't register things as "ancestry" as in "being descendents of x nationality/ethnicity" unless it's genuinely the previous or one before that generation.

Even the term "second generation immigrant" refers to different things.

I technically have some ancestry from what is now Russia. And I don't think theres many generations I have to go back to reach some Swedish ancestry. But I'm Finnish, and it would be utterly ridiculous to even talk about being "descended oof Russian/Swedish ancestry". And that on the other hand, happen constantly in the US.

Although again, I do understand the difference, as the US had many diasporas which tried keeping their ethnic identity. But also, they did develop a little differently.

What I've noted is that in the US it's usually more a chosen identity thing / continues family tradition than an actual genetic thing.

Also, it's a super white thing, as most of the slaves lost their origins throughout the years, as it was purposefully suppressed as well. And identifying with Africa in general is quite a large set in terms of specific cultural practices.

I'm thinking OP is less talking about actual ancestry than parentage. Which technically is ancestry but...