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Dolle (PAGE) emphasizes the influences these cultural histories have on all Americans. He points out that culture is not a static thing but a dynamic entity, constantly changing in response to influences from within and without. While one might think of him or herself as "White," or Lutheran, or male or female, or "second generation Chinese," or Bosnian, all of those labels tell only part of the truth of an individual. Is the Lutheran the child of immigrants from Germany? From Scandinavia? Is that person who self-describes as "second generation Chinese" a person looking to adopt the larger American culture, or trying hard to hold on to Chinese heritage? Does that person's parents want that individual to assimilate or maintain family traditions? If a person self-describes as Bosnian, does this mean Bosnian as a sub-culture of central Europe, or Bosnian only in legal identity on the individual's passport, technically coming from the country of that name but identifying with, say, Serbian culture?
Ultimately, the answers to these questions can only be personal. If a person could be called "fourth generation Irish," have all influences from those roots faded? Perhaps the person has...
Patrick's Day and visiting Ireland to see the country of origin. But unless all of that person's ancestors were also Irish, the person can't claim to be 100% Irish, and what if some of those ancestors were from Northern Ireland while some were from the Republic of Ireland?
In many countries of the world today, and not just the United States, "polyethnic" means more than living in a culture where many cultures are represented. To some greater or lesser degree, it means that all the individuals in that culture have absorbed some aspect of the other cultures around him or her. In this global village, we are all polyethnic.
Bibliography
Dolle, Raymond F. 1995. "A Mixed Race: Ethnicity in Early America. African-American Review, March 22.
Girgus, Sam B. 1993. "The new ethnic novel and the American idea." College Literature, October.
Oliphant, Andries Walter. 2004. "Fabrications and the question of a National South African Literature." Journal of Literary Studies, June.
Random House. Random House Unabridged Dictionary. New York: 1997.
Bibliography
Dolle, Raymond F. 1995. "A Mixed Race: Ethnicity in Early America. African-American Review, March 22.
Girgus, Sam B. 1993. "The new ethnic novel and the American idea." College Literature, October.
Oliphant, Andries Walter. 2004. "Fabrications and the question of a National South African Literature." Journal of Literary Studies, June.
Random House. Random House Unabridged Dictionary. New York: 1997.
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