I guess both ‘identity’ and ‘heritage’ are doing a lot of heavy lifting.

And I know this is mostly pedantry, but there’re terms that actually do fit better. Like immigrants, settlers, etc.

My great grandad was from Sicily. I’m from Minnesota. I don’t have any heritage or identity that has much to do with Sicily. I do have heritage as the progeny of immigrants from Sicily. But not Sicily.

(checks username) mmm hmm

But they’re not Irish or Cuban or Italian.

They’re Americans.

I think there’s a big difference between knowing your family’s history and drawing an identity from it.

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We’re all Ethiopian

As far as white/Caucasian Americans, I’d bet money it’s Germanic ancestry.

I recall reading that at one point in the 19th century, 52% of American newspapers were printed in German. And, you still find towns with German names from coast to coast. Anaheim California, Hamburg Minnesota, Berlin New Hampshire.

If you’re near Eastern Indiana, check out Oldenburg.

It wasn’t even transcoding. It was showing as direct play on the dashboard.

It’s been a problem ever since I set it up about 2 years ago.

And, it actually transcodes just fine at friends homes. Or on my phone with a VPN on and 5g.

I originally had PMS on my Shield in the living room and assumed it was related to that, but I just moved PMS yesterday to my PC instead and the problem persisted.