"Iım Taiwanese. It's annoying because everyone always thinks Iım Chinese. When I tell them no, they're like, "Oooh! O've never heard of that before!" But it makes me proud because none of my other friends can speak another language!"
--Tian Nai
"Iım black and proud because I see how far we went from being slaves to some greatly respected people."
--Hailee, 10
"Iım American and Iım proud of it."
--Diamond, 13
"My mum is Lebanese and my dad is Ukrainian."
--Nicole, 13
"My grandmother is Czechoslovakian and so I am a bit Czech. And I am very proud of that because I haven't met anyone who has the least bit of Czech. In them my whole life! Wow, go figure!"
--Kenni, 9
"Iım part English, Irish, German, Cherokee (or however you spell that) Indian, Italian, French, and of course, AMERICAN! And Iım proud to be an American because America is a place where I can worship the one true God freely! :) GO AMERICA!"
--Andrea
"My heritage on my mom side is Mexican and a little bit of Spain or may be itıs the same, on my dad side is Costa Rican the reason my heritage I think is cool 'cause itıs rare to talk 2 a Costa Rican girl!"
--Ashley, 10
"Iım German and Russian. I speak a little bit of German, so Iım very proud of the uniqueness of the language."
--Dani, 13
"On my dad's side I am polish and Czechoslovakian, and on my mom's side I am Swedish and a little Irish. I mostly look like my dad's side of the family (especially my grandma). You would probably never guess I was Swedish by looking at me..."
--Ballerina<3
"I am black and a little native American. I may be like 1% white or Hispanic. I am proud of my heritage because everyone is unique but together we are one."
--Adanya, 11
"On my moms side: British Scottish German and Dutch on my dads side: British native American Scottish and German."
--Anon, 13
"Well I am American && my mother is Dominican && dad Boricua! <3 so I fEEl proud of that because it makes me bilingual [speak English && Spanish] && because of my color. Iım just loving it! =]."
--Roxi
"Iım basically only quarter of Italian but thatıs not much."
--Breanna, 12
"IıM FROM MARS...WOO HOOO! : D."
--Punchy, 12
"Iım Serbian and Bosnian and Iım proud of it because Iım are a rare type of Christian: Orthodox, because we made the flute, ''cause nobody has the same folk music as us, I LOOOOOVE the sound of the language, we have all these cool traditions like making fires in the middle of the road and I look a little different from other countries ''cause of my heritage. All in all Iım proud to be Serbian and Bosnian. P. S I love the food is AWESOME!"
--Masa, 10
"What makes me fell prod of my heritage is that I have so many ancestors so itıs a good thing to be different."
--Katie, 11
"My ancestors are from so many places it's hard to keep them straight! Iım Irish, Dutch, Cherokee, French and lots more. It's cool because I don't really fall into any group clearly. I am unique and I am proud!"
--Gabby, 12
"My mom is from around here, but my dad was born in Vietnam. Everyone says I look the most like him. I'm proud because I don't look like an average American. I look nothing like my mom, to tell the truth. I'm glad I'm different (of course, who isn't? ). The funny thing is, everyone thought I was Hawaiian when they first met me! But I'm not...Unless my mom was secretly born there...: D."
--Tara, 11
"I am Dutch, Danish, Scottish, American (duh! ), and Irish (kiss me! )."
--Jewel, 13
"Well my dad's dad is Italian so I guess I'm part Italian I love learning Italian language it's really cool I'm a proud American and proud Italian!"
--SHANNA, 12
"I'm Jamaican British Irish Indian."
--Radesha, 11
"I'm French German and Spanish and Japanese and Chinese."
--Sallie, 13
"I'm Cherokee (Native American), German, Italian, French, British, and Irish."
--Brooks, 10
"I was just curious to see different peoples' ethnicities and my have we come a long way from the 19th century! Well, I'm African (I was born here, so I guess it makes me African American, although both of my parents came from Africa) and I have British blood in me from one of my ancestors long long ago."
--Alyson, 13
"I'm Filipina, and sure am proud of it. I'm proud of who I am and the challenges The Philippines has overcome. But I still need to learn how to speak Tagalog and not get tongue tied..."
--Bella, 10
"I am an Asian-Indian and I am definitely proud of my heritage as it has one of the oldest cultures in the world: Hinduism. What's unique about it is that in other religions, people can change their religions, eg. Jews can be baptized into Christians. But this cannot be done for someone who wants to be a Hindu. U have to be born into a Hindu family. The reason for this is complicated but most Indians learn it by the age of 11..."
--Subhalakshmi, 11
"I am part kosrean......F. Y. I. Da sr makes the sh sound so it ish spelled and sound like this...Koshien...I know weird...And what makes me proud ish dat we kno how 2 speak our own lang. And we llllloooooooooooooooovvvvvvveeeeeeeee partying! Even old people! We call dem tamitos! I kno sounds weird because dey are soooooo cool and some of us gurlz have really lond hair some up 2 our butt and some even longer! :) and some of us look like chinese people we are like dat because we are from a tropical climate and some of our ancestors! :)."
--Danx, 11
"I am mostly Jamaican with a little African and a little this and that."
--Hannah, 11
"I'm French Canadian. I don't like it Ôcause that's the only thing I am."
--Kylee, 10
"European, African and Native American."
--Khriston, 12
"I'm Filipina on my mother's side and Cuban, Spanish, and Italian on my dad's side and I'm proud of it."
--Katie, 12
"My parents are both Vietnamese. I was born here, in America. (Yes. I know I have a Japanese name. ) My grandmother named me. My parents have accents but I don't really have an accent. I'm the best at English in my family. I understand my language, but I can't really pronounce or say the words correctly. I get tongue twisted. My language has letters, like English words, the letters are just pronounced differently."
--Sakura, 11
"I'm French, British, Italian, Irish, & German...But I'm mostly Irish..."
--Crystal
"I am Indian."
--Debeshi
"I'm a fully Latina. I'm half Mexican from my mom and half Honduran. And (HAPPY: D, 12nd) I'm with ya! A lot always think I'm always Mexican just because I'm Hispanic! I know I am but ppl always say what are you Mexican. Same thing happens to my friends. They're from El Salvador and they say ppl say they are Mexican. I mean there is NOTHING wrong with being Mexican but still. But I LOVE BEING LATINA! I can speak Spanish and eat different foods and see how my culture is. Ya me gusta! Siempre y siempre voy ser un PROUD LATINA! P. S I love Enrique Iglesias and Daddy Yankee and calle 13! Lol."
--Melanie, 11
"I'm Native American, Irish, Pennsylvania Dutch, African American, and Caribbean. I'm very proud of my heritage because of my complexion. I'm a nice honey color..."
--AZ, 11
"I'm Hispanic (DAD), half French (my mom's mom), half Germen (my dads dad), and about a half British (a bit of both). Phew!"
--Raven, 12
"African-American && loving it! ;)."
--Anonymous
"I'm a fully Latina. I'm half Mexican from my mom and half Honduran. And (HAPPY: D, 12nd) I'm with ya! A lot always think I'm always Mexican just because I'm Hispanic! I know I am but ppl always say what are you Mexican. Same thing happens to my friends. They're from El Salvador and they say ppl say they are Mexican. I mean there is NOTHING wrong with being Mexican but still. But I LOVE BEING LATINA! I can speak Spanish and eat different foods and see how my culture is. Ya me gusta! Siempre y siempre voy ser un PROUD LATINA! P. S I love Enrique Iglesias and Daddy Yankee and calle 13! Lol."
--Melanie, 11
"My dad's of Dominican heritage & my mum's of Irish heritage. I also have some sort of Chinese heritage. I'm happy to say I'm not quite sure what heritage I fully am; apart from what I know. & that makes me more interesting ^^."
--Hope
"I'm Cherokee, Czech, and Portuguese."
--Abigail, 12
"Gosh! I don't know what my heritage is. But I have this feeling....."
--Anonymous
"On my moms side I am Swiss, Irish, and English, on dad's I am English and "Yankee"."
--Millicent, 11
"I am Moroccan on my father's side and Philippina on my mother's side. I like being bi-racial. You learn about two different races."
--Samya, 10
"Proud I'm full Mexican for life."
--Yessica, 11
"I am English, Irish, Scottish and Czech. I am proud of my heritage and would never deny it. I'm also Roman Catholic and that is a big part of who I am."
--Olivia, 13
"I'm mostly Irish!"
--RedSoxJE46, 13
"I'm Serbian. 100% Serbian. I was born there and lived there for 7 years before moving to the U. S. I LOVE SERBIA WITH ALL OF MY HEART<3<3<3."
--Jelena, 13
"My Ethnicity is so common. On my mom side it's English. On my dad side it's pure Scottish. My mom's family was one of the richest in surrey along time ago and my dad's family has like 5 castles named after them. So it's pretty cool."
--Emma, 12
"Radesha 11 I'm with you."
--Sallie, 12
"I'm American so I'm proud to be one."
--Radesha, 11
"On my mom's side I am German and Irish. On my dad's side I am Bohemian (not sure how it's spelled) and Dutch. On both sides I'm English. I am very proud of my heritage and who I am..."
--Bubbles, 12
"Hey Guys and Gals! I know this really neat Bohemian song. It's called Running Horses. Here it goes: Runny conia (pronounced coneya) Runny conia tessa conia ma (a is short) tashine in Mobroco (pronounced mow-bro-co) oly (o is long) scotcho hope so."
--Bubbles, 12
"I'm half Irish and half Swedish. My mom said that my great great great great grandmother is Russian..."
--Beverley, 13
"I'm Puerto Rican and French, Irish, and Caucasian. I'm mostly Puerto Rican because of my dad."
--Advice Samantha, 10
"I'm half black[dad] and half white [mom] I think that is cool because I am mixed and I think I have a special look. Light tan skin and light brown eyes, that's cool to me."
--Beverley, 13
"Hey ppls guess what I'm Latina but I'm not Mexican at all nada. My mom is from Guatemala and my daddy is from El Salvador and I'm proud of it because many ppl think I'm Mexican but I'm not I'm Latina but not Mexican and ppl don't ever be ashamed of being whatever you are ok god brought you to earth for a reason and how he thought was better for you so if u hate yourself you may want to think that over so everyone love yourself for the way you are because no matter how much u hate urself that's not going to change who u are so might as well stop. Ok. LOVE YOURSELF AND ENJOY LiFE TO THE FULLEST OK YA'LL WELL SEE YA AND TALK TO YA LATER. LOVE YA'LL."
--HAPPY: D, 12
"I'm part Irish, French, Scottish and English."
--Unknown
"I'm French and Irish I love being French and Irish because when you put them together you get French fries!"
--Brielle, 11
"Well first of all I'm a full-blood Native American (Pueblo to be exact). I'm Acoma Pueblo on my mom's side and Zuni Pueblo on my dad's side. What really makes me so proud of my hertige is that because we have a unique language and I love the pueblo feast days and ceremonies. Even though the white people have taken our language, culture and native names through boarding schools and wars against the US government. We still have everything! Woooooo."
--SlipKnotRox, 13
"I'm African American and Native American I read a lot of Black and American Indian poetry. My heroes are Malcom X and Geronimo."
--Lary, 11
"I am proud of my heritage. On my mom's side I'm all Polish, and on my dad's side I'm Polish, German, and English. Mostly I'm Polish."
--Upgradeja73, 11
"Both my parents are Greek but they lived in Russia. I speak fluent Greek but I can understand Russian very well. I am very proud of my heritage! You should be, too!"
--Minty, 10
"I only found out a few weeks ago that I am part Russian."
--Bethaney
"I'm American, but I look kind of Russian. I have almost black hair, Dark blue/violet/green eyes, and very pale skin. My heritage is Renfrueshire Scottish (my moms last name is Renfroe) Welsh (my name is welsh for hill or mound), French, Dutch, and a tad bit of Irish."
--Brynn, 11
"Hi my name is Caridad and I am 9 years old I think you should consider of moving with your dad."
--Anonymous
"I got a mom that was born in England but is half Jewish and half English. My great great grandma is Greek and Egyptian. On my dad's side they are full Scottish."
--Emma, 12
"I'm 100% Armenian. I can speak it fluently and even some French."
--BeatlesFan95, 12
"My dad is German my mom was Dominican and when she was alive we always spoke Spanish she cooked lot's of Dominican food and wore really bright clothes and she never left the house when she didn't look perfect now my stepmom is French and she doesn't cook at all she hires someone to cook goes out of the house barefoot and speaks French."
--Zoe, 12
"My mom is Dutch and she doesn't speak a lot of English and my dad is a little bit of German and Italian. So I'm 60% American, 30% Dutch, 5% German and 5% Italian."
--Caleb, 13
"I am Chinese. My mother is Irish, and Scottish. My father is French..."
--Sed, 10
"My dad is Greek and my step mom moved from France 9 years ago so my sibs and I all speak fluent French and we visit there a lot my half sibs Harlan Nicolette Lily and my new sisters Demi and Camilla were all born in France."
--Zoe, 12
"Mexican American and Anglo. I am proud because lots of friends that are one or both or are of other race. I can learn another language I have learned more about both cultures from both sides of my family."
--Adelina, 9
"My ethnicity is black or African American. I'm proud that even though African Americans were discriminated against and still are, we have overcome lots of things and there may even be a black president!"
--Theresa, 13
"I am black (mom) and Puerto Rican (dad). I'm proud to be my heritage because it gives me something to learn about my heritage..."
--Kitten, 11
"I am a lot of things. I am Polish on my mother's side. On my fathers side I am Irish, German and English. I am very proud of my heritage. There are many different traditions passed down. It makes me feel good about myself. :)."
--Tess, 11
"Yes this week I see Tommy and Janice on this Friday I walk outside get mail then back to the house for over our dinner."
--Jessi Nicole L, 12
"I'm African, American. But my parents are from Africa! I'm happy to be an African because the way they have been through so much and they still made it out. And because I love my culture (I'm from Liberia), I love the food, and I love the clothes. And I also love my family :)."
--Ruth, 12
"I'm proud to be a half-Catholic, half-Jewish, Italian, Polish, Lithuanian third-generation American. Go U. S. A. !"
--ILovePink, 12
"I am Jewish and we have a rich history."
--Gm, 13
"Nothing! I'm an American, there's nothing to be proud about."
--Silly Sagie, 13
"Unlike most people, I'm 50/50. It seems like all of my friends are10% Irish% Scottish, 3% French...You get the idea. I'm 50% Italian and 50% German. I'm proud to be Italian and German because I love impressing my friends with Italian and German words that I've learned from my parents and grandparents. I think everyone should be proud of their heritage no matter where you're from because it's nothing to be ashamed of."
--Jazz, 12
"I'm Jewish and I don't live in an area with many Jews so sometimes I can feel left out when everyone is talking about Christmas because most of my friends are Catholic or Christian or some other religion that celebrates Christmas and other holidays like that. I just talk to my Jewish friends like Tiffany, Jake, Lily, Alice, Kim and a few others too..."
--Brandi
"I really like being an Indian, Irish, French, German, English, u get a lot of cool stuff from your mom and dad."
--Harley, 10
"I am Caucasian (spelt right? ). White. My heritage on my Dad's side is mostly from England and Wales, bit of France too, I think, and on my Mom's side, Norway. I am proud of my heritage, although I think it would be more interesting to be a less common ethnicity..."
--Ai, 11
"I'm a white Italian/Irish Pagan. I am very proud of my heritage."
--Stefan, 12
"I am white. Sometimes I am very proud of being that way but other times I think about what we have done to other ethnic groups like slavery and favoritism. We thought we were like a super race of people or something."
--Breanna, 12
"I love my heritage where I come from it is just wonderful it's amazing."
--Samantha, 11
"My ethnicity is Latin or Spanish. I like the parties and holidays we celebrate they are very fun to go to. What's your ethnic group?"
--Ms, 13
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