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Man with suspended license appears in Michigan court over Zoom while driving (abc7.com)

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Man with suspended license appears in Michigan court over Zoom while driving

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Michigan. A huge portion of the population here calls themselves “Dutch” because their families immigrated here from the Netherlands a few generations ago.

I never understood that about Americans, claiming to be some other nationality. If you’re Dutch, then show me your Dutch passport.

It’s so weird, because when I as a European hear someone say “I’m ” I assume they are a citizen of that country, not that their great-great-great grandparents lived there. I wouldn’t even know where my ancestors lived that far back. I know my grandparents were Dutch, but I have no idea whatsoever about any generations before that.