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Anonymous United States No.213877278 >>213877509
the real reason why most white americans don’t have much of a “european” feel to them is because the vast majority of them are of German descent, and on two separate occasions they had to fight a bloody, ruthless war against Germany, making them come to disassociate from their ethnic background

this is also why other white americans (like the irish, polish, and even anglo-americans) are more likely to claim their ethnic background
Anonymous Germany No.213877509
>>213877278 (OP)
You are correct German americans simply dropped the hyphen because of social pressures. But it wasnt just their own decision, US society in general had a bad opinion of Germans due to the wars. You had crazy shit like renaming sauerkraut to liberty cabbage, or hamburgers to liberty steaks during that time. German brewers and newspapers in the US, iirc, struggled tons during the wars as well. Basically it became bad to be German, so they stopped identifying with that and became just americans.
Anonymous Brazil No.213877528
doesn't look very European to me