How long do you need to reside in the USA to be truly american?

**Creoda** · 09-19-2019, 01:42 AM

How long would an American have to live in China to be truly Chinese?

**Mortimer** · 09-19-2019, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by Creoda

How long would an American have to live in China to be truly Chinese?

I assume that american is synonymous to white person to you.

**Creoda** · 09-19-2019, 02:04 AM

Originally Posted by Mortimer

I assume that american is synonymous to white person to you.

Well it's not synonymous with yellow people, that's why I posed the question.

**Mortimer** · 09-19-2019, 02:06 AM

Originally Posted by Creoda

Well it's not synonymous with yellow people, that's why I posed the question.

I think I know why you did that. But I think in china it is very difficult to become citizen let alone truly chinese. I watched a docu about arab migrants in china, and they dont get citizenship. China is probably a identitarian country. I guess you want that america is similar to china, thats why you ask.

**catgeorge** · 09-19-2019, 02:06 AM

New Worlders

It takes no more than 5 minutes.

**Smeagol** · 09-19-2019, 02:10 AM

I don't know why people are saying negroes are very American just because they've lived here a long time. They were slaves. No one viewed them as Americans 200 years ago.

**Mingle** · 09-19-2019, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by Mortimer

I think I know why you did that. But I think in china it is very difficult to become citizen let alone truly chinese. I watched a docu about arab migrants in china, and they dont get citizenship. China is probably a identitarian country. I guess you want that america is similar to china, thats why you ask.

China isn't an identitarian country really. China is a country for everyone from China, its not an ethnostate. China isn't even named after China's main ethnic group (Han people) in a single language, unlike the majority of European countries. China is somewhat similar to America in that regards. It doesn't give out citizenship as easily, but there isn't such a fixed concept of what a "true Chinese" person is since Hans, Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols, etc. are all considered equally Chinese (on paper) and similarily all Blacks, Whites, etc. are considered equally Americans as well (on paper). So China is similar to America in this concept, neither are ethnostates but states based on people living in a fixed territory.

**Creoda** · 09-19-2019, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by Mortimer

I think I know why you did that. But I think in china it is very difficult to become citizen let alone truly chinese. I watched a docu about arab migrants in china, and they dont get citizenship. China is probably a identitarian country. I guess you want that america is similar to china, thats why you ask.

It's not for me to define what an American is, that's for self-identified Americans to do.

**~~KMack~~** · 09-19-2019, 04:11 PM

If one is born and raised here they will most likely be American. If they stay in ethnic enclaves they might cling to whatever culture they came from though.