To those like her it means "not white".

Yes, she was claiming that Mehdi, also a US citizen, was an immigrant. He agreed, she just didn't seem to understand. It would probably make her widdle bwain explode.

It's like white people who call themselves "native"! I have a tiny amount of native in me, but mostly I'm US immigrant, white immigrant.

I have a microscopic amount of Gay Head Wampanoag ancestry, but as the ancestor lived like 400 years ago, it’s more an interesting bit of trivia than anything else.

Kinda my point. I have like 1/4 at most native, more likely 1/8 cause I think my grandad wasn't himself pure native, so I'd never call myself native. 100% white people doing so... 🤦🏼

Yup. I was agreeing.

I got that Idea. Just wanted to be crystal clear on what I was saying.

It’s a noted phenomenon. Never understood it. My paternal ancestors lived in the Damascus around the year 1200, it would be like my calling myself an Arab based on that. We all have traces from here and there, but that’s all they are.

Exactly.