Why Americans Love Being "German" (or "Irish", "Italian", "Greek"....)

Why is heritage so important to Americans? And why is this weird hyphenate of German-American, Irish-American, Polish-American so pervasive in the USA, but in other nations with similar migratory histories like Canada and Australia - not so much? Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:39 Made-in-America (-ish) 07:01 Heritage Tourism & Ancestry Obsession 10:51 Is it “Cringey” Though? 16:06 The Fun of It All 18:19 The Big Picture Episode No. 141 📷 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/typeashton/ 🤳🏻 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@typeashton 🖥 Website: https://www.blackforestfamily.com 📧 E-mail: typeashton@gmail.com S𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗠𝗘 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TypeAshton