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This is a very sore topic with me. I'm American. I was born and raised here. I personally don't find it useful to attempt to unite under some banner of Asian-Americanness because that term doesn't even mean one clear thing. It could encompass so much that it's more helpful just to use the term American. Furthermore, the only unifying thread in the term Asian-American is precisely what serves to make the point "we are different and deserve to be treated differently" that causes so much trouble. All Americans are different and so are all Asian-Americans. Going out of our way to say we are Asian-American just unnecessarily emphasizes an extra degree of difference.
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