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Where are your ancesters from? This map shows where the leading ethnic group in the US is from!
Jun 4, 2017 5:16 PM
maxpower001
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Where are your ancesters from? This map shows where the leading ethnic group in the US is from!
ElOsmo
Torille?
ManicMDMechanic
I think most blacks in the south know where they came from. Also, "black" isn't a place of origin like Germany or Mexico.
Paddy80
You'd think NYC, NJ, and RI would be Italian instead of Irish.
BrazilianThunderPanda
*SO WIERD* that in Washington the historically Mexican counties, are also the agricultural producing counties! What are the chances...
KevinAtWorkDoingNothing
mvp84
As an Indian-American from India that gray makes me a bit sad.
mvp84
And the asterisked "Indian" grrr
Hornethappy
I'm from NM. No one admits to having Mexican ancestry. No, they're all Hispanic/Spanish. Also, who picked brown for Mexican? That's racist.
Hornethappy
And red for Indian? Green for Irish? I guess black for Blacks would be going too far.
LaterallyHortler
"So where did your ancestors come from?" "Black"
Ckris22
Bundesrepublik of America
MrKnowItAll1903
United Stasi of America.
maxpower001
Obviously :)
siggey
Operation Paperclip really took off...
RocksRockGetIt
GERMANS!! Germans everywhere
hypnotictommy
The map is based on counties population. LA County gas a much larger population than a quarter of the states.
2and900
Most of those areas have a higher population of cows then people.
StabbyMcMurder
As an american of German descent, I'm not surprised one iota.
yikesaroni
terrible map because whites/hispanic are divided into several categories & blacks aren't, leading to the illusion of lots of black counties
Armistice023
My only thought is black people don't know their specific country(ies) of origin. Some prob do, but most prob don't
LiterallyWorseThanHitler
The main reason for that is likely that, as white immigrants came voluntarily, that data is available, where it isn't for descendants of 1/2
LiterallyWorseThanHitler
slaves, who were brought over from Africa against their will. 2/2
theuniverseissobigthatnothinginitmatterssowhogivesasquanch
What exactly does this map consider to be American?
hwatL4bloopy
I thought it meant natives until I saw the label for indian
Dannyxrain
Mixed European who came here centuries ago, before the 1770s so the data is lost by now
theGovernmint
There is a great book about the first major waves of immigration to North America called Albion's seed.
yikesaroni
'American' is a made-up ethnicity/ancestry popular with whites in rural Appalachia, in an effort to be the most authentic/patriotic
Armistice023
Yah, I don't quite understand that part
theGovernmint
They are descended from Scots-Irish and Northern English that came before the revolution and had little attachment to their home nations.
Horus175
Makes me curious about the ones living in Nevada, Utah, and Montana.
EkaterineLazaros
I want to be called a United Statesian, I'm tired of this rampant countryism!
assymcgee7
Hey! Don't be a smart ass.
michaJokeClicker
Don't be a dumbass. That's a legitimate question.
alexanderthegreater
Maybe native american? Just a guess
SecretAgentSuperBooger
No, that's the red color designating American Indians and Alaskan Natives.
srirachaAddict
red for redskins
alexanderthegreater
Totally didnt see the asterisk lol. Thought it meant east indian. I was like "damn theres a lot of indians in alaska"
maxpower001
Yeah me too... like wtf
MrKnowItAll1903
Native Americans were never Indians. The early European settlers mistook them for Indians and the name stuck.
alexanderthegreater
Everyone knows that... the term "indian" has just kinda become vernacular at this point