Your Ethnicity

At a recent reptile expo, a friend commented on something I had honestly never noticed. He said, “wow, sure is a lot of white people here…” (He is South Asian/Indian.)

And you know what? He was right. We counted about 8 non-Caucasians in total. (Yes, we made it a game. :P)

The thing is, I live in a very multicultural city. According to Statistics Canada, the Greater Toronto Area’s visible minorities will make up 63% of the area’s total population by 2031. There are presently over 1.3 Million South Asians alone, out of a total population of 5.9 million (2006).

So… My question to the group is: what ethnicity are you?

I would be interested in learning if my local observations are atypical or more common than would seem statistically plausible. (And if I’m able to disprove my friend’s assertion that “white people are just crazy” that would be great, too! ;))

I'm a mix of 3 different things, so I guess I chose Multiracial?

I'm 1/4 Hispanic/Nicaraguan (my grandma is Nicaraguan and was born there), 1/4 Lebanese, and 1/2 German. Though, people tell me I look more Italian sometimes even though there is no one in my family who is Italian.

Portuguese,Sicilian, an a wee bit of Irish

I've been involved in reptiles, the sales and production of them both in retail and privately for several decades. I've been to a LOT of shows.

It's mostly white folks. It always has been.

black,cherokee and a wee bit of irish dont tell nobody though. But im black to the naked eye.:8:

I am Caucasian and German.

Im American......

And I dont see that choice...

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Im American......
And I dont see that choice...

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The poll is about ethnicity (racial background), not nationality (what country you are from/live in). I believe there has already been one, or possibly more, polls about nationality.

I suppose if I wanted to be hyper-technical I could have added a lot more demographics and sub-sects, but I just thought a general overview would suffice.

If I left any groups out I apologize. No offence intended.

I'm pretty fly, for a white guy....

My relatives were from Norway, Sweden and Germany. You just can't get much whiter then that.

Also, for some reason, my hair keeps getting whiter every day...

YouTube - The Offspring - Pretty Fly For a White Guy [OFFICIAL HQ VIDEO]

Cree, english, irish, and Im sure a slew of other things that are muddled in there. Typical American, pasty pale mutt :salute::salute:

french, german, italian and irish. im a whiteboy

Polish FOR THE WIN:banana::banana::banana:

Caucasian. Im white as hell

Filippino

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Originally Posted by Kuba

Polish FOR THE WIN:banana::banana::banana:

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You tell 'em Jake!

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

You tell 'em Jake!

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Whos this Jake dude? My names Jakub:D
but hey you where close

Dutch :cool: and more Dutch :D

1/2 Italian. 1/4 German. 1/4 Polish. My dads parents immigrated from Italy and my grandparents on my moms side were - grandma-polish, grandpa-german.

Im white but mostly Italian and I look Italian. Every aunt, uncle & cousin on my dads side looks so Italian it scary. Have you seen the spaghetti sauce commercial with a bunch of big Italian women running around a field? Thats all my aunts LOL!

I'm Caucasian to the extreme lol. Lots of European ancestors here.

Caucasian....
nationality: 50% Polish 25% German 25% Ukrainian

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Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents

1/2 Italian. 1/4 German. 1/4 Polish. My dads parents immigrated from Italy and my grandparents on my moms side were - grandma-polish, grandpa-german.

Im white but mostly Italian and I look Italian. Every aunt, uncle & cousin on my dads side looks so Italian it scary. Have you seen the spaghetti sauce commercial with a bunch of big Italian women running around a field? Thats all my aunts LOL!

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:8::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Ill play....

Russian/Austrian from my dads side

German and something else from my moms side

Irish all the way

Northern European decent. Blonde hair and fair skinned. You tell me?
My last name isn't a clue, Smith. Come on I could be anything or a combination of almost everything.

Jim Smith

100% Blasian.

African American and Chinese... with some Native American thrown in there from back in the days.

Caucasion (English and Scottish) and Aboriginal (Ojibwa).

Bruce

German, Italian and Cherokee :)

I am 100% irritated...does that count? :D

Hispanic =O
People freak out when they hear me speak Spanish. I'm pale white!

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Originally Posted by NightLad

The poll is about ethnicity (racial background), not nationality (what country you are from/live in). I believe there has already been one, or possibly more, polls about nationality.

I suppose if I wanted to be hyper-technical I could have added a lot more demographics and sub-sects, but I just thought a general overview would suffice.

If I left any groups out I apologize. No offence intended.

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I wasnt quite serious....as I voted for 'Caucasian' although Im pretty damn White...and proud to be.

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

I wasnt quite serious....as I voted for 'Caucasian' although Im pretty damn White...and proud to be.

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Sure and Night Lad is approving of your fine name.

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Originally Posted by djansen

Dutch :cool: and more Dutch :D

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Double Dutch!

White but Jewish... and yes, I know Jewish isn't technically an ethnicity, but it sure is treated like one! ;)

Oh, and for the record I'm of Slavic heritage - mostly Polish and Ukrainian. :gj:

Mostly Spanish and Italian.

Cubano hispano( hispanic)!!!! Born and raised in the county of dade. Which is now miami dade county.LOL

Hmmmm......it would be much easier just to say mutt. I am german, czech, yugoslavian, sweedish, poslish, french, english, scottish, irish, frrench canadian native american, norwegian........and I still think I am forgetting something. I have been mistaken for being mixed on several occasions though. Most people ask me if I am native american or hispanic. I did have one time where I was asked if I was part african american too. I guess it is the dark skin/hair and eyes thing that I have going on. Everyone else in my family is pretty white, so I guess that just makes me the dark child of the family lol.

Latino from Chicago

1/2 Irish+ 1/4 Scottish+ 1/4 Armenian = White guy!

As white as they come, I can't dance but I sure can :rockon:

100% Puerto Rican, born in Fajardo, PR, raised in Brooklyn, NY

aren't we all crazy in some small way it sort of makes us who we are cool experiment though props

Black/ african-american with a little german

wow, one of like 5 black guys on this site

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Originally Posted by groki21

wow, one of like 5 black guys on this site

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yea we luv reptiles too

White. I've been told I'm italian, irish, and dutch. I look more italian than anything else.

I'm a mix of German,Swedish,Irish, English with a little old Indian blood on both sides basically a Good 'ol American mutt

My mom is white, my dad is Brazilian. I have a nice tan going on.

Asian :)

I am still trying to locate this Caucasiania place where some say I am from...

I know I am not "White" because paper is white and so is "white out" and it does not work as good camo..

I didn't see a place on this pole for Irish-French-Indian (smoke shop/firework kind not Slurpee/Taxi kind)

So for this I didn't vote. Now I do know I was born in the USA so where was the "American" button? Because this is where I come from..
I will need further time to think this over.. Quite perplexed:weirdface

is am hispanic =]...well....spanish, colombian, and lebanese =]