You ' re a gentle person and scholar . Also fuq uspez <| sep |> But once you reach the CaliforniaOregon border , you ' ve left the Cascadia meme zone and entered the Jefferson meme zone . I have a sneaking suspicion that the dissolution of the United States would just lead to fifty new independent countries , which might or might not be friends with their neighbours . <| sep |> I know you might be surprised , but no , just because your father came over during slavery times or the California Gold Rush does not mean you ' re Chinese . Your race is Chinese . You ' re ethnically not though . That being said , minorities tend to preserve the culture of their homeland much better . I was in Chinatown a few months ago to visit and almost all of them could speak Mandarin fluently , and were very similar in style to those from the Mainland so I would have a bit of trouble saying whether they should be ethnically considered Chinese or not . Blacks in the US why call them African Americans when many probably come from the Caribbeans as well ? have nothing to do with Africans at this point though .