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27th January 09, 11:31 PM
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I hear what your trying to get at MacMillan, but I think we may be trying to say the same thing two different ways. You may like Chinese food, and that won't make you Chinese, but neither will having medium dark skin, black hair and the "asiatic fold" in your eyes.
Where I live, there are many people of Asian ancestry (that is their ancestors came from Asia, and they have the characteristic genetic features that we associate with that region) who aren't ethnically Asian. They are ethnic "North Americans", and more WASPy than I am. They are colloquially known as "bananas", as in yellow on the outside, white on the inside.
I know a man who grew up in Taiwan (his parents were diplomats) who, for all intents and purposes is more Chinese than most Chinese around here, and he's a ginger! He's what they would call an egg - the exact opposite of a banana - white on the outside, and yellow on the inside. I've seen Sikhs with red-hair and freckles, and Ebony skinned Jews. There are (East) Indians who are card carrying Tory's (read as: "Republican" if you're in the USA) and the number of Caucasian's that are into Chakra therapy is astounding.
But, on the other hand, what we also have to consider is that ethnicity and culture are not whimsical. One can't just wake up one morning and decide that they're "whatever". Ethnicity and culture involve one's entire lifestyle, and that can't just be changed instantaneously. So, for those that take it seriously enough to live it in the long-term, one may call them Scotophiles, or adopted Scots, or just Scots (or maybe just plain crazy! lol!), but it does them a disservice if we dismiss them with a "we like you, but you'll never be one of us" attitude.
So, FWIW, I don't think we disagree! I'm just trying to be a bit more open about people being who they want to be.
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