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Originally posted by rocketgirl
Example, look at the common mistake that all black people share the same "culture." There are people considered black who are British, Canadian, American, African, Dominican, Caribbean, and the list goes on. These people would not necessarly share the same culture and/or language. However, in American, if you look black, you're considered black. Period. Nobody cares if YOU consider yourself something else.
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Absolutely. The U.S. is a strange place - where the people you mentioned would not necessarily consider themselves part of the same culture, a "black culture" is thrust upon them. So, at some point, it becomes your culture (or at least part of what you consider yourself.)
This is also what makes it difficult to be anything but white in the U.S. As the demographics in this country change over the next few years, it will be VERY interesting to see how we relate to our accepted culture, our assumed culture and other cultures.