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The reason I consider myself far more American than African is pretty simple: my family has been in this country for at least 250 years! When were brought here we were much forced to forget all about most of our old culture– even with extensive research I still don’t know which part of Africa my ancestors came from or what language they spoke. The records are all missing, or were never kept in the first place. It’s hard to have any emotional connection to a whole continent with 100 of different cultures like Africa. If I knew which one was mine I might be able to make a connection. But trying to celebrate ‘African culture’ is just a hard as trying to celebrate ‘European culture’ There is not such thing as a single monolithic ‘African culture’ — you know? In the time black people have been in America we’ve had an important role in shaping the culture. So, I have no problem calling it my own. I know people who are recent immigrants from Africa and the cultural differences between us are just a as great as say between me and someone from China or Tasmania– Also, many African American people are mixed– My ancestors include native Americans and Irish people– for this reason I think I’d be pretty strange to just focus on Africa a the source of my heritage. Hope that answers your question!

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Name : S, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Atheist, Age : 23, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Math Teacher, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper class, 

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