What qualifies someone as an ABCD?

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Re: What qualifies someone as an ABCD?

@khattichic

A & B - check!
C - This is the part I don’t get… “confused” about what?!?
D- desi is relative term… Doesn’t this word denote “country men”, meaning from where you come… So actually, for someone like me, fellow amreekans *are *desis… Yes or No?!?

I speak Urdu fluently, without any accent…I go back to Pakistan to visit when time and finances allow…however, to call myself anything but American would be ridiculous. I really dislike the ABCD moniker

PS…I’m not sure if this post makes any sense :hinna:

The post I agree and identify with.

@GoldenAsif

Desis who speak with a posh english accent and who pretend to not understand or know urdu/hindi yet converse with their own parents (usu. illiterate) in Urdu/Hindi/Punjabi at home

Actually, I’ve seen this in Pakistan more than here.

@canadiandesigirl

The thing is that most people don’t consider it confusing. They choose to make their identity a mix of their heritage and the place where they are born/raised. Nothing confusing about that. Although some people are genuinely confused.

You da man

I don’t really mind the term. Blending two dissimilar but great cultures together…if that makes me an ABCD…so be it.