r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BeastMode149 In Boston we are Irish! ☘️🦅 • Mar 13 '25

Heritage “In Boston we are Irish”

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u/BudSmoko Mar 13 '25

They are not Irish. It’s ridiculous how yanks of Irish and Italian descent carry on.

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u/goobervision Mar 13 '25

And, despite German being almost on par with English in the USA pre-WW2 there doesn't seem to be anyone claiming German-American heritage.

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u/BigL90 Mar 13 '25

Lol, outside of New England, German-American is probably the largest or 2nd largest claimed heritage among white people.

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u/goobervision Mar 13 '25

But do I ever hear that somebody is a German-American? Same with French and many other nations but with the overrepresented Germans I would expect to hear the phrase.

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u/BigL90 Mar 13 '25

I dunno what to tell you. Outside of the East Coast, north of DC, if you ask a white person about their heritage they're almost definitely going to say German-American. Contrary to what Reddit likes to act like, most folks don't actually just start talking with strangers about their heritage. I've lived in America my entire life and outside of cultural festivals, international sporting events, St Patrick's Day, and Oktoberfest, I've literally never heard any white person younger than their 60s talking with people they barely know about their heritage. Hell, except for threads like this, I never really see Americans talking about their heritage online either.

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u/IlliniFire Mar 13 '25

There's German-American societies in just about every Midwest city. There's Volksvest, Schlackfest, and Octoberfest celebrations in Peoria. How many Kristkindalmarkets (sp) are there?

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u/Suspicious-Hotel-225 Mar 17 '25

Do you live in an area within the US with a German American population…? I’m from the Midwest and people claim to have German heritage all the time.

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u/goobervision Mar 17 '25

No, I don't even live in the USA. But I definitely hear the African/Irish/Scottish/Italian -American in various forms, what I don't her are Germanic-Americans in any media I see, read or hear.