The I can be a 'man' Female or a 'female' Man. How can a black man be 'pretty much' French when they are not French or European.  Frankly, it is insulting for anti's like you to denigrate the French identity into nothing more than a matter of holding a piece of paper. There is much more to it than that, but with the hackneyed PC stance, you strip all that meaning and depth away.  You are belittling what it means to be French and belittling what it means to be European.  It means more to us to be French, or German, or Greek or European than to have some silly citizenship paper. There is more meaning to it. These European ethnicities are part of our heritage, not just labels that can be applied to anything and anyone. They have a saying in Portugal for this:  Um Português de verdade não precisa do passaporte para saber que é Português    It means:  A real Portuguese doesn't need the passport to know he/she is Portuguese ;) :clink