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my original point was this:
there's no such thing as a European identity. There are nations in Europe, which all have a culture and a language. Language and culture may define an identity, but certainly not being born on the same continent. Granted, there are commonalities between European countries, but they're mostly economic: to put it more bluntly, they all follow the capitalist economic and political model, and got rich (and still do) by exploiting and raping the rest of the world. That doesn't constitute an identity. For instance, while being French defines me to some extent (which obviously doesn't mean I agree with whatever France as a nation did and still does), I never considered myself "European". Nor "White". Furthermore, considering oneself "White" or "European" (in America or any part of the World) is strictly a political stance. A racist one, at that (to me, at least).
To develop this further...somebody like Afkap could tell you more about it, but there's truly no such thing as being "African" either. Or to be more precise, anyone outside America calling oneself "African" is making a political statement, which has nothing to do with ethnicity. Furthermore, in America itself, "African" is not an ethnicity either, it's a culture. And to some extent, a political statement, too.
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