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> In Europe the notion of someone being a African Frenchmen or a African English is absurd.

Yes, but

> You are your nationality.

Only if you're a nationalist. Many believe in cross-national or non-national collective identities, e.g. the identity of being a wage worker.

In other cases - it's groups oppressed by the state. The Catalan and Basque come to mind; and there are the Roma ("gypsies"), who are not territorially-defined.

etc.

parent einpoklum 5 years ago

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