What's your ethnicity?

Stinaa91

75 % Italian 25 % polish :]
even though by my skin tone you cannot tell im italian at all. -_-

Bankman1989

My mom is black/American Indian with a lil caucasian thrown in..My dad was black and creole.

Phoenix59

American-made in the great state of Texas with Mexican parts.:bigsmile:

Dwash16

Black && White ^.^

Nailrep

1/2 Italian. 1/2 mutt (German/Irish)

rextcat

25%senica
75% irish

InnerFatGirl

Has this descended into chaos yet?

:laugh: :laugh: not yet...

InnerFatGirl

A simple definition for a mutt: Mixed backgrounds, ex: Mom is Canadian, dad is American.

You're not a purebreed ex: All Canadian.


No need for it to be taken offensively.

I find mutt derogatory. I have explained why. If you don't, that's your business.

Canadian and American is mixed now? Say wut?

I didn't say mixed, I said mutt. Meaning two different backgrounds. Just because it's all white or all black, doesn't negate what I said.

mutt/mət/
Noun:

1. A dog, esp. a mongrel.
2. derogatory. A person regarded as stupid or incompetent.

ETA;

And from Urban Dictionary, for good measure;

". mutt 258 up, 126 down

term used to identify someone as multiracial; pretty derogatory word for a multiracial person, at least in the eyes of someone who is multiracial him/herself (because of the word's use in labeling a dog as inferior as a result of impure breeding)
i think it is obnoxious of you to call me a mutt; i'm not inferior to you because my parents are two different races."

"3. mutt 35 up, 28 down

A mutt is a person of a multi-racial background, depending on who you are talking to it can be considered offensive and/or derogatory. In a lot of cases people don't take offense to it(I personally call myself a mutt all the time) Just be careful who you call a mutt, some people won't take it very well."

oh boy....

Can I help you?

InnerFatGirl

And to the OP, sorry if the term Mutt offended you, I believe most people mean no disrespect when they do use it. The world has become such a melting pot of ethnicities that the lines are pretty blurred when it comes to many of us.
All in all it makes us a bunch of fascinating people :flowerforyou:

It's okay. We're all different, I guess. I just don't appreciate people trying to convince me why it's not offensive, even when I have both asserted it more than once and explained why ..

:flowerforyou:

jfan175

Libertarian.

miranda_mom

Libertarian.

weighlossforbaby

My ancestry is:

My mom's side-German and British
My biological father's side-Indian and Irish

jporte

100% Russian or Ukrainian....whatever it's called now.

couponfun

I'm Puerto Rican...my great-grandmother was French, however, and my great-grandfather was from Spain. On my dad's side they were on the island a bit longer, but Spanish and some Moor blood on that side. His family were long-standing members of the "Casino Espanol/Casa de Espana" in San Juan and my aunt had her wedding and her Quinceanera there.

tumblyweed

I'm a mutt and I'm happy.

No one has the right to tell someone what they can identify themselves as. If you do't like it, too bad, no one is calling you anything.

It's only a word.

Mutt Power!!! <---- see, I can be ridiculous, too :laugh:

InnerFatGirl

I'm a mutt and I'm happy.

No one has the right to tell someone what they can identify themselves as. If you do't like it, too bad, no one is calling you anything.

It's only a word.

Mutt Power!!! <---- see, I can be ridiculous, too :laugh:

I did not tell anyone what to indentify as. I explained why I find it offensive.

If you wanna refer to yourself as a 'mutt', your business. I couldn't give a crap. Just don't argue with me when I say I find it offensive.

dougt333

Tsalagi and Irish. I think there's some Swedish in there somewhere too.

GambinoGirl

Mexican/Native American

mommared53

I'm white. My ancestors were German, Irish and Dutch so I've been told.

mommared53

I'm confused. Mutt = bi or multi-racial?

Because Irish, Scottish, Italian etc = caucasian. So if you're a 'mix' of these, you're still caucasian.

It's like saying you're half Ghanian and half Jamiacan (yes, I know lots of people who claimed this). You're still black.

I'm not being *kitten*-y, just saying.

Caucasian/white is a race. You asked for ethnicity, no?

I am also a mutt (and take NO offense to the use of the word.

Father is Cuban born but both of his parents came from Spain.
Mother was born in NY but of Puerto Rican decent which included Taino, Italian, French, Irish, Spanish and African.
I was born in Puerto Rico but raised in New York.
I am most definitely a MUTT!

I guess I meant race. But race is supposed to be 'un-pc', so I said ethnicity.

Where I'm from, when you mention ethnic groups, it's generally means race. On forms, it asks for ethnicity. It doesn't give countries - it gives race like (paraphrase, I can't remember what exactly the options are);

Asian []
Caucasian []
Black/African Caribbean []
Black/African []
Mixed []

I guess I'm interested in the countries people are from too, but I just don't understand the million and one countries or proclaimations of being a 'mutt'. I was more so asking what race you are and what country your parents are from, but it's my fault for not being clear enough.

Went back to read all the posts and got this far so I'll repost my answer. I'm a white American.

tumblyweed

I'm a mutt and I'm happy.

No one has the right to tell someone what they can identify themselves as. If you do't like it, too bad, no one is calling you anything.

It's only a word.

Mutt Power!!! <---- see, I can be ridiculous, too :laugh:

I did not tell anyone what to indentify as. I explained why I find it offensive.

If you wanna refer to yourself as a 'mutt', your business. I couldn't give a crap. Just don't argue with me when I say I find it offensive.

I don't recall directing this to you in particular, but if the shoe fits... have another. It looks like you started a topic that you are too sensitive to hear people answer to. Might not want to ask people's opinions if you are sensitive to the outcome.
So again, no one was arguing with you but if you'd like to argue, please reply to me again on this thread.

InnerFatGirl

I'm a mutt and I'm happy.

No one has the right to tell someone what they can identify themselves as. If you do't like it, too bad, no one is calling you anything.

It's only a word.

Mutt Power!!! <---- see, I can be ridiculous, too :laugh:

I did not tell anyone what to indentify as. I explained why I find it offensive.

If you wanna refer to yourself as a 'mutt', your business. I couldn't give a crap. Just don't argue with me when I say I find it offensive.

I don't recall directing this to you in particular, but if the shoe fits... have another. It looks like you started a topic that you are too sensitive to hear people answer to. Might not want to ask people's opinions if you are sensitive to the outcome.
So again, no one was arguing with you but if you'd like to argue, please reply to me again on this thread.

Nope, you didn't direct this to me directly, but seeing as I am the only one on this thread who has a problem with the word Mutt, I can be pretty damn sure it applies to me also.

And LOL, LOL, LOL and LOL again.

LauraMacNCheese

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Wezlfuss

Dad: African American
Mom: Mostly Spanish & Scottish, with a little bit of Mexican, Dutch, and French.

GabrielleZelda

French, mostly :-). With some Irish/German ancestry waaaay back.

tumblyweed

I'm a mutt who just put whats-her-name on ignore. Decided her bickering wasn't an important element in my life.

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Blissful mutt

isweatglitter

75% Pakistani
25% Syrian

TitanGM

Albanian

DaughterOfTheMostHighKing

chinese.

drinkindunkin

American.