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TIL that there are approximately one million Erasmus babies (universitytimes.ie)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Me, an American, trying to understand what this means or why two Europeans having a baby makes it more European than a baby otherwise had by two Europeans

[–] Solemn 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Seems to me like it's about the couples transcending national borders, and starting to create a "European" identity rather than national identities.

[–] GlitchyDigiBun 8 points 2 years ago

This. It's an entire generation who seems to be forming the antithesis of nationalism by sharing an identity of 2 nationalities in one union, and identifying with other children in the EU from entirely different dual-culture backgrounds.

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