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The only time I agree with the hyphenation is when the said person has immigrated to America from their home country (Italian-American for example). When that person is granted American citizenship they are no longer xxx-American, they are American.
It's my understanding that this all started with the label "African-American". Someone got tired of the label "Black" and needed something different.
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