Muy interesante cuadro que señala la procedencia de los habitantes de este hermoso país:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2408591/American-ethnicity-map-shows-melting-pot-ethnicities-make-USA-today.html




49,206,934 Germans
By far the largest ancestral group, stretching from coast to coast across 21st century America is German, with 49,206,934 people. The peak immigration for Germans was in the mid-19th century as thousands were driven from their homes by unemployment and unrest.
The majority of German-Americans can now be found in the the center of the nation, with the majority living in Maricopa County, Arizona and according to Business Insider, famous German-Americans include, Ben Affleck, Tom Cruise, Walt Disney, Henry J. Heinz and Oscar Mayer.
Indeed, despite having no successful New World colonies, the first significant groups of German immigrants arrived in the United States in the 1670s and settled in New York and Pennsylvania.
Germans were attracted to America for familiar reasons, open tracts of land and religious freedom and their contributions to the nation included establishing the first kindergartens, Christmas trees and hot dogs and hamburgers.
41,284,752 Black or African Americans
The census map also identifies, Black or African-American as a term for citizens of the United States who have ancestry in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The majority of African Americans are descended from slaves from West and Central Africa and of course have become an integral part of the story of the United States, gaining the right to vote with the 15th amendment in 1870, but struggling with their civil rights for at least another century.
Predominantly living in the south of the nation where they were brought to work on the cotton plantations and as slaves in the late 18th to mid-19th centuries, Black or African Americans also have sizable communities in the Chicago area of Illinois and Detroit, Michigan.

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35,523,082 Irish
Another group who joined the great story of the United States were the Irish and the great famine of the 1840s sparked mass migration from Ireland.
It is estimated that between 1820 and 1920, 4.5 million Irish moved to the United States and settled in the large cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco.
Currently, almost 12 percent of the total population of the United States claim Irish ancestry - compared with a total population of six and a half million for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland today.
Irish residents of note include John F. Kennedy, Derek Jeter and Neil Armstrong and 35,523,082 people call themselves Irish.
31,789,483 Mexican
And from 1990 to 2000, the number of people who claimed Mexican ancestry almost doubled in size to 31,789,483 people.
Those with Mexican ancestry are most common along the Southwestern border of the United States and is largest ancestry in Los Angeles, Houston, Phoenix, San Diego, Dallas and San Antonio.
26,923,091 English
The next largest grouping of people in the United States by ancestry are those who claim to be English-American.
Predominantly found in the Northwest and West, the number of people directly claiming to be English-American has dropped by 20 million since the 1980 U.S. Census because more citizens have started to identify themselves as American.
They are based predominantly in the northeast of the country in New England and in Utah, where the majority of Mormon immigrants moved in the middle 19th century.
Notable American people with English ancestry are Orson Welles and Bill Gates and 26,923,091 people claim to come from the land of the original Pilgrims.
19,911,467 Americans
The surprising number of people across the nation claiming to have American ancestry is due to them making a political statement, or because they are simply uncertain about their direct descendants. Indeed, this is a particularly common feature in the south of the nation, where political tensions between those who consider themselves original settlers and those who are more recent exist.


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Se les nota 

(04-09-2013 22:12)Tas link escribió:Se les nota┬á

¿Por lo guap@s?

Iba a hacer un chiste pero como podria ser muy ofensivo solo voy a preguntar un resumen

o soy daltonico o hay mas nativos estadounidenses en Alaska que en el propio país┬á

Suelo frecuentar un foro de la NBA y la ESPN porque me gusta mejorar mi inglés y leer sobre Deportes que me interesan desde otro punto de vista.

Me resultan muy curiosos los debates sobre raza y etnia que se suelen dar mucho más que aquí┬á (nosotros debatimos sobre nacionalismo que en el fondo es el mismo debate). Supongo que es normal siendo un país de inmigrantes donde el arraigo al país de una inmensa mayoría data de cómo mucho 500 años y normalmente no llega a los 200.

Leer a gente decir que es Italiana o Irlandesa por sus orígenes y apellidos es curioso pero supongo que todos haríamos lo mismo puesto que a todos nos gusta sentirnos identificados con una antigua cultura que se retrotrae a más allá de hace 60 años que es cuando su abuelo emigro. De hecho mi tía abuela y sus hijos que son Costaricenses hablan con orgullo de sus orígenes vascos y Rusos (mi tía se casó con un ruso durante su exilio soviético).

Tambien tengo una amiga que es de Reno que suele
venir todos los años aquí a visitar a su familia que habla vasco y que es miembro de una diáspora vasca donde celebran fiestas vascas y hasta estudian un idioma por puro afan de conocimiento y comunión con sus orígenes.

He divagado un poco pero es que es un tema que me encanta desde los orígenes de la cultura minoica o sumerio-acadia al de la mezcla que se da en general en el continente americano.

Como curiosidad dejo el dato de que cuando se independizaron los EEUU sé eligió el inglés sobre el aleman por una ajustada votacion.

No entendi mucho , pero me gusta Michael Fassverguen