[Malsua]

I recently reviewed my heritage. My mother is is 3/4 German, my father is 1/3 German.

I'm guessing that makes me right about 50% Kraut. In fact, I can read and understand about half of the German I can hear and read so the number seems fitting.

I guess that's why I'm an Engineer and have blondish red hair and blue eyes, am over 6 feet tall and have high cheekbones. heh.

Probably also why people assume I'm a racist and hate Jews if they don't know me. I work for a Jewish company and ALL my closest friends who I'd trust my life(cept one Italian) also happen to be Jews. It's odd really, people assume that since I mostly look like a German, I must be a racist self loathing white person. It took me a while to accept this since a moved from Ohio 9 years ago.

Where I was in Ohio, it was very hard to be a racist. There simply wasn't any particular race to hate since it was only white immigrants from Europe. I come to NJ and people assume from my complextion that I hate anyone or another. I don't and it's taken me quite a while for people to accept that I'm not an intolerant bastard, heh.

I accept people who are people. Race and/or ethnicity doesn't have any issue in it for me.

[ffusco]

Awesome Bro!

[Michael81Dus]

So you have these problems and you are American. Now imagine a real German is visiting other countries and facing reactions about his citizenship!

[anotherGerman]

See this is pretty stupid. Just because I am REALLY German, some people (here as well) assume, I would hate Jews. Frankly, I don´t really care about Jews, I neither particulary like nor dislike them, they are just as any other person and that´s the way it should be I think.