A question to the Europeans…

I know it’s a running joke that some U.S. born citizens like to identify with their European roots (even if they go back generations) but are generally not accepted as such in Europe. But how do you feel about the first generation—the children of immigrants here, from your countries ? Do you see them as having the right to claim the European identity of their parents even though they’re personally U.S. born ?

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SW-User

Personally, I think it's ok to have a national identity for one country and a passport for another. We have plenty of sports people who play for UK and Irish teams based on parents or grandparents.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@SW-User Just to add to that, most of the best African teams have about half of their players born in France.

SW-User

@Burnley123 There was a row between Trevor Noah and a French diplomat or politician when France won the world cup in 2018. I think Trevor Noah called it a great day for African football and the French guy insisted they were French. I don't see any problem with being both.

bijouxbroussard · F

@SW-User I remember that dispute. The idea of being able to be both seemed perfectly reasonable to me, but when I posted about it here, I got my head handed to me by people who disagreed ! I was very surprised at the reaction. 😳