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The use of "-" labels is one facet of American tribalism that is keeping our great melting pot from melting. New people come to our country, find the largest concentration of thier fellows to live near, and then learn as little about America as possible. They don't learn english, they don't experiance our culture, and we don't do much to encourage them otherwise.
Everyone retreating to thier own corners, speaking thier own languages, does not make us a mixed country deriving strength from diversity. I does make us a pack of disimilar peoples living in close proximity. That's not healthy.
Thinking of yourself as anything before you think of yourself as American is not good for this country.
If we want a strong country, we need to do everything we can to welcome those new people in, and expose them to our culture with all it can offer. As they expose us to thier culture, we all become stronger.
Hiding in our own corners, behind labels that seperate us, will destory us.
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I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence:
"My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."
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