EasySteezy 860 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 How connected are you to the culture of your ethnicity? Like for example I'm mostly Scottish ( great grandparents were immigrants from Scotland and were 100% scottish), but I have never been to the country, don't eat their food, don't listen to music from there, don't know any of their shows. I have absolutely no ties to the country other than my great grandparents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dux 3,142 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Not very bc as a 2nd Gen immigrant I'm separated from it and there are really few ppl around me with the same background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angy 5,950 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I've always lived in my country so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signalday 244 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I lived abroad for years and just returned to my country but I never felt distant from my country i am very connected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfruit 4,746 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 im somewhat involved with being involved in thai culture: going to temples, eat thai food, pray but i think thats just my parents' influence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananabrows 2,169 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Somewhat connected but it'd help if I were better at the language. Still working on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeiLyn 1,153 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I feel very connected. I don't watch the shows but I listen to the music and have friends there. My parents also made sure we would be somehow connected. Twitter also keeps me updated. Visiting there next month^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rip moshi 4,498 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 very much connected. But, like, my parents immigrated.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Juu 367 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I am disconnected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelkoya 17,769 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I'm half french half moroccan but I feel like my culture is 100% french because I've never been in Morocco. I have a pretty frenchy lifestyle, so I'm fully connected to my culture I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfyeol 14,275 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I feel pretty connected for someone who never lived in SK and was born and raised in the US. I've grown up eating korean food almost every day and being surrounded by korean culture via all my family members. I listen to korean music a lot (lol) and have ever since I can remember thanks to my mom, I watch korean shows from time to time (which is good for myself considering I don't watch shows much in general) I've only been able to visit sk twice (once when I was young and the second time was over the last summer) but I loved my visits both times it would help if I was fluent in korean which I'm not, but I definitely aim to be + I plan to study abroad there for a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hizu 6,868 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 My father is Italian and my mom is Brasilian and I'm pretty connected to both countries. I grew up and still live in Italy, and I've been to Brasil like a hundred times, so yeah... It's cool because I have memories of both an Italian and a Brasilian childhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon 3,717 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I'd say I'm only connected to the food aka the thing that matters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSDOJDODJU 1,051 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 i travelled to ksa when i was a kid (lived there like 10 years) but since egyptian tv shows / music are known all around the middle east (they're the most popular) i was never really disconnected plus do saudi arabian even have tv shows / movies??? lmao idk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TickleMePink 17,072 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Not connected at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimmick 695 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Not very, just to some of the foods (mainly desserts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vader 3,297 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 im mixed so im more connected to one side since i grew up in the country the other side i try to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaVandercunt 19 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I'm very Polish. I swear like a sailor which is very Polish, or perhaps its very Slavic cause my Russian, Belorussian and Ukrainian friends do the same. I still absorb the Polish pop culture and media, I just don't visit the motherland that much. I moved to USA 12 years ago and in those 12 year I think I went back like 3 times maximum. I just don't see a point in going there especially when most of my family is here in America and I don't have that much of a good relationship with my childhood friends cause everyone has their own shit going on. I eat Polish food, we have the best cuisine IMO! I live in a neighborhood that has a large population of Poles. I speak the language fluently but I have forgotten a large chunk of the grammar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromiscuousBunny 3,686 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I don't feel that connected, I'm more in touch with Canadian culture than my parent's Indian cultural background. We do have a community in the area we live in and my parents are quite active in the community, but I don't have that much interest in it. I can speak the language, I eat the food, occasionally watch movies/listen to songs, but I don't live an Indian lifestyle lol. Tbh, once my parents are gone, I don't see myself engaging with the Indian community at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotic♕Queen♛ 607 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 LOL which 1? I'm mixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strong_oppa 59 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 1st gen immigrant and have forgotten 60% of my native language and barely do anything related to my culture anymore Sent from my ALE-L21 using OneHallyu mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli London 1,762 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrifiedwolves 571 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I was looking for a thread like this, seems like not many people post... I'm doing an assignment for class on my heritage and I'm so sad because I have nothing, I'm so bland I was born in Mexico but brought to the US when I was 1 and a half, my mom was super young too and I guess we assimilated too much into American culture that we lost ours. Now we're neither here nor there. We're not even catholic, we don't do anything that I feel is Mexican other than eat the food and listen to the music from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackbabymetalMoimoi 8 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I'm not connected at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderJoyous 10,634 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Well i've lived inside my culture since the day I was born so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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