Because Chaldeans are so few and so old, not many people have heard of us. It is hard enough to go day by day to having people ask my sister and I if we’re twins (even though we’re over two years apart) but it is even harder when people ask me what nationality I am.
I always get the question, “Are you Hispanic?” or I get an “Hola!” once in a while.
But when I say that I am not Hispanic, I get the look of well what are you then?
It’s really hard to explain the Chaldean culture in those short few seconds a stranger would think it would take to explain it.
Chaldeans are country-less because back in B.C. the Persians conquered the Chaldeans and that is why Chaldean’s old country is known as Iraq today.
What I mean by that is, that it’s not as easy as saying “Oh, I’m Lebanese for Lebanon.” Or “I’m Australian.”
It’s way more difficult. Mostly because I do not consider myself Iraqi, so I don’t really say that I am Chaldean from Iraq. This is something struggle that I tend to go through daily (especially if I am around new people) and it gets old real fast. . I really have the urge to just yell “WHY DON’T YOU LOOK IT UP!” This is something that I am trying to perfect, where I could explain who I am in less than ten seconds and try not to be rude at the same time.
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