"Where are you from?" is often the first question someone gets asked when arriving at a place where they've never been before. In general they don't want to hear you came walking 300 metres from the bus stop. They want to hear where your roots are. For most US citizens that question is easy to answer: they look at the family name of a grandparent, see how it's spelled and will proudly declare: "I'm Irish/Polish/Italian/French/German/Russian/Dutch/Norwegian!" Confusing for people who proceed to strike a conversation in Irish,
Polish, Dutch or Norwegian because that "proud Norwegian!" doesn't speak a single word of Norwegian.
Like Fox News host turned US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doesn't speak a single word in the language from the country he claims to be from. On the other hand he is a typical American as perceived by the general public outside the US: a (third generation) immigrant who's calling to prevent immigrants from enterering 'his' country.
But does he mean Norway, as Hegseth is 'a proud Norwegian!'? Or does he mean the USA because he is 'a real patriot!'?
It maybe a coincidence but not only Hegseth but also other conservative, 'Christian' Americans making a case for 'real American family values!', like political commentator and 'proud Irishman!'
Bill o'Reilly, have a history of cheating, sexual misconduct and lying. Lots and lots of lying. Must be because of their foreign heritage because nice, white, pureblood US christians would never lie, sexually assault six different women or beat up their wife. Right?
A few months ago the man who appointed a Fox News host without any political or military experience besides playing Call of Duty with his white supremacist buddies called upon immigrants from South Africa to please enter the US. Under the promise of money, jobs and homes. "Wait? What!? Trump gave Africans money, jobs and a home? Just like that?" Yep. But they were white Africans. Descendants of colonizers, not of the original people who lived in the south of Africa some 9,000 years ago.
Clever people they were, those early Africans: without any contact with people from Europe or even people from other parts of Africa, they managed to evolve, invent and thrive. To eventually set foot on other continents and spread their DNA.
Making if fun to watch racists slowly realise their roots are basically in Africa.
So, now you know all this: where are you from?
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