do u think second-generation indians should ???/ - Page 4

Its a cultural thing. I am born in India and spent 3/4 of my early years there only and I rarely watched those serials, does that make me any less Indian? No, right. Same with those born here, all my cousins born and brought up here identify themselves as Americans and they don't watch any of these serials either. But they watch bollywood movies, mostly because of romance, fancy indian dresses and nice dance moves and because thats what their parents\grandparents like to watch at times.

Well, i've always thought of myself as an indian :D
i mean thats our ethnicity...and im an american by nationality

in my poinion u can be loyal to only ONE nation..and not two........

Originally posted by: Jess.

Well, i've always thought of myself as an indian :D
i mean thats our ethnicity...and im an american by nationality

duhhhh.... even though they have identified themselves as british or american or wherever place they chose to stay. their ethnicity is always indians. it's just like the chinese as well you know. the chinese people in malaysia are malaysian by citizenship, but they always consider themselves as chinese malaysian in comparison to just melayu people which are indigenous malaysian or indian malaysian. chinese indonesian are indonesian by citizenship but still they hold certain levels of prejudism and racism with the indigenous indonesian people and vice versa. people may change their citizenships or were born in other states, yet they could never changed their ethicity.

well, technically they are natives of the country they were born in(their passport says so).....but they should identify themseleves as Indians because they are brown, are only 2nd generation and they are actually from India because their parents were born there and they decided to come here. Had they decided to live there, they would have an Indian passport. Good question, BTW👏

i think its totally depends upon what the person thinks and feel and also on what the people of the country they r living in feel about them. like if a person is living in US and he thinks of himself as being an american and also people of US treat them as one of their countrymen then they can suppose themselves of being americans.
personally i think one should never forget its roots and indians no matter of what religion will always react in typical indian way only, so they will always be indians no matter what. no matter how much they may deny it.

Originally posted by: krystal_watz

so which one are u loyal to?

if theres a war between usa and india (god forbid, but still)..who will u support?

There's no reason for anyone to have to claim which country they're "loyal" to just because they live in one country and parents are from one country. & i agree totally with this person:

Originally posted by: the_Naked_face

I am loyal to the land that gives me education, place to live in, food to survive on, friends to support me through thick and thin....the place that actually makes me. People often question which is more important, a biological mother that gives only birth to you or to the mother that brings life to the birth and brings you up. I believe in the latter. India is the mother land that gave birth to my parents but they adapted in living in UK and i was brought up in Glasgow thus this makes UK more important to me and i am more loyal to this country and love it more. Nevertheless i also love India, since thats where my family began from and is now growing in and exploiting other parts of countries beside India.

And yeah i watch Indian reality serials since my mum watches them and you tend to follow what your elders do eh?😆.... i hate the indian daily serials since they are far from true and dont actually reflect the true Indian culture. The protagonist always seems to be suffering and crying which is quite depressing to watch and not to mention boring. I like reality shows of simple, ordinary people not transformation from rags to riches.

Xoxo

Originally posted by: debayon

well, technically they are natives of the country they were born in(their passport says so).....but they should identify themseleves as Indians because they are brown, are only 2nd generation and they are actually from India because their parents were born there and they decided to come here. Had they decided to live there, they would have an Indian passport. Good question, BTW👏

LOL here in america no one identifies themselves as "Americans." Maybe to people outside of America we call ourselves Americans but not within America.

We all state our ethnicity...if someone asks me what i am, i say "indian" and that goes for everyone. White people identify themselves as white and black people identify themself as black, etc.

Originally posted by: krystal_watz

in my poinion u can be loyal to only ONE nation..and not two........

I think you can be loyal to two nations. Who said you can only love one country?