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- Mar 24, 2009
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- Oklahoma
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- Political Leaning
- Libertarian
American is not an ethnicity, it's a nationality. The US is an eThnically diverse country, to have "American" as one's ethnicity would leave confusions, as "American" might easily be a Korean, Chinese, Indian, Caucasian, Afrian, Hispanic, and so on. One would be confused. If you're of German descent, then you're a German or a Caucasian, but of US nationality
Hypothetically imagine a person coming originating from place significantly far was adopted at birth into a particular ethnic group (tribe) went through all the rites that a member of that ethnic group went through and was a member in good standing would you say he was really a member of the originating ethnic group?