So you'll understand why I'm insecure. But now I'm doubting myself, I don't know where to call home.
I was born in England, but I only lived there for two years. My da is English, my ma is Irish. But I've lived in Ireland for the past 17 years, but I don't feel Irish, yet I wouldn't say I'm English either.
My gran is from the carribean and my great-great-great grandad was Chinese and the woman he married was Scottish. But I can hardly claim to be Chinese or Scottish, can I? I mean I've never been to either country.

You may be thinking "What's the big deal, why does it matter, where your from?" I just want to say "Yeah, I'm Irish" with confidence and not with doubt. Having someone beat the shit out of you for being a "half-caste cunt" doesn't make you feel very welcome or Irish.

I mean when people meet me for the first time, they usually ask "Where are you from?" This will happen 9 out of 10 times and I ALWAYS hesitate and think before I answer, what should I say, I'm Irish or "Oh sorry, I'm actually Irish, Scottish, English, Chinese and Trinidadian!"

I've said it to a friend and his girlfriend recently "You're lucky that you're pure Irish" and they just asked "Eh, why?"
Ah I'd just like to be......

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leanneS is a 10
Ziggy Sobotka from The Wire is my hero!!!!
You're just picking the knickers from your arse
like you're playing a one-stringed harp!

My mum is half American, half English. My dad is Scottish.
I have relatives who are Canadian, American Indian, Italian, English, Gypsy. My mum always says that we're children of the world, but I think I'd rather be able to say I'm from one place.
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fuck it, just say youre from london and moved over, you wouldnt stand out in london.

fuck nationality is all i can say. fuck it. i dont need it, niether should you, none of those countries you listed ever did anythng for you.

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Punctured bicycle on a hillside, desolate,
Could nature make a man of me yet?

I was born in Switzerland. To a completely Dutch father, and a completely Irish mother. I lived there for six years, and moved to Ireland. I lived there for seven, then moved to the US.

I have three passports. You can't spell my last name on an English keyboard so we've had to change the spelling over the years. The pure obsession with Irish here (in the US) is a little mindblowing.

So I understand the identity issue. I just say I'm Dutch-Irish. When people get to know me a little better, then they can hear my story. (:

I'm a mutt, and I'm proud of it. I love the different ethnicities that my parents afforded me. It's awful, terrible that you were discriminated against because of your heritage, and I'm really sorry to hear that.

Hopefully you pick whichever nationality you like best. Or just respond "I'm a mix, haha". If they want to know more, they'll ask.

Post edited at 10:51 am on June 28, 2008 by SerendipityDarling

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Press: Ringo, why is that you get more mail than the others?
Ringo: I don't know, I guess more people write to me.