Talk:Non-exclusive ethnic group
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Perhaps this phrase is better for the opening?
An ethnic group with a way to allow others to join through a formal process of "conversion".
Zestauferov 05:43, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Well, it doesn't always require a formal process. For example, I'd argue American is a non-exclusive ethnic group, as any immigrant after some generations can be considered completely American—unlike, say, with German, where even a 4th-generation Turkish immigrant is still Turkish, not German. The US requires no formal process of conversion for this to take place (one can formally obtain citizenship as an immigrant, but this is not necessary for one's US-born children). --Delirium 23:38, Apr 23, 2004 (UTC)
- Agreed, but it was the formal process of citizenship application that I was thinking of. Just like the Cossacks, once one has become "cossackified" then of course your children will be cossacks unless they opt out of that way of life. The Jews are similar but one can never give up Jewish ethnicity once it has been granted (rather like being British in that respect), although one of the rules of Jewish ethnicity is that a male jew not marry a non-Jew else his children cannot inherit the ethnicity. The rules may be different for different ethnic groups, but I could not really think of any ethnicity which did not have a formal process of conversion. Any more suggestions?Zestauferov 01:53, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)