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Originally Posted by animosity
 PC has always pissed me off.
The term African-American pisses me off more than anything else. If you are born in America, you are American. End of story. |
My brother, I couldn't agree with you more. I think hyphenated-Americans are more confusing than anything. Is Theresa Heinz Kerry African-American? She was born in Africa.... hOw about Charlize Theron?
The problem is two-ways: people STILL only see phentypical differences first versus "nationality". EX: While I deeply appreciate your recognition of American for who/what they are, most people don't. When people see a black guy, they think, "hey look, a black guy" NOT, "hey look, a fellow American." Same with any other hyphenated-American. Most Americans don't "see" Asian-Americans as Americans. They see their perceived "Asianess" first. People don't think of the guy in the turban at the mall as American, they think "look, it's Osama!" even though the guy could be third-generation Sikh from Texas.
I say drop the hyphens and let us all stand together as AMERICANS. Ask yourself this: Do you really subscribe to what you stated:
"If you are born in America, you are American. End of story."
Or does being American mean being white? (I'm not picking on you I'm just putting that out there for people to think about
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Edit* Especially as long as sh*t like this keeps happening:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ghts_dennys_dc