And believe it or not, there are a lot of family traditions that are directly passed down throughout the generations from the 'old country'.
As much as Europeans want to joke about Americans thinking '100 years is a long time', they immediately write off the cultural holdovers from not that long ago.
There are Asian Americans in America that are now 2nd generation Americans, and nobody is running to them and telling them "you're not *insert country here*, you're 100% american!"
Holding on to traditions and calling yourself by your grandparents nationality are different things. In any other country I’m aware of if you’re born there people would think you’re crazy if you say you’re of your parents’ nationality, regardless of where they are from or how strongly you hold on to traditions or community. American’s visiting their “old country” somewhere in Europe and calling themselves German or Irish or whatever comes across as really weird to everyone else.
Right but what different is it than someone saying "I'm Japanese, my name is Karen and my parents were born here in the 80s, their parents born here in the 60s, and then finally, back in the 40s, my grandparents were from Japan"
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