Anyone else tired of hyphenated Americans? (high school, government, state, minorities)

[suprascooby22]

I figured I would ask since so many of the posters on here use the term African-American, Asian-American etc.. In my opinion if you are not originally from Africa or Asia, or Latin America then shut up! How ridiculous would be if all non minorities started calling themselves Russian-Americans or Irish-American or in my case a Irish-English American. Point being either your an American and just an American or you have a serious identity problem. These terms continue to seperate us by our skin color, race or national origin. I think most people would agree that there is far to much of that going on without adding the hyphenated-American crap to it. Just one "Americans" opinion though.

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

No. It doesn't bother me at all. I'm comfortable with letting people define themselves however they want. It doesn't hurt me at all.

My question: Why do some people think they have a right to tell others what they're allowed to call themselves?

[Wapasha]

Well, how else do you intend to separate the real Americans from those lesser Americans?

[AeroGuyDC]

Hyphenation bothers me so much that I smirk everytime I see a hyphenated last name. Nothing says narcissism more than insisting that your maiden name be a part of your last name. It riles me even more when I see the children of those parents saddled with that unfortunate circumstance.

Call me conservative, but there's much to be interpreted from a persons name, especially here in America.

[justanothermanger]

Originally Posted by suprascooby22

These terms continue to seperate us by our skin color, race or national origin.

Agreed

[Wapasha]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

No. It doesn't bother me at all. I'm comfortable with letting people define themselves however they want. It doesn't hurt me at all.

My question: Why do some people think they have a right to tell others what they're allowed to call themselves?

Once you get comfortable wearing that yellow star pinned to your chest, then you have already lost.

[Huckleberry3911948]

well alota them are not acting like americans. in fact if you watched the dunbar high school-- take back our freedom video, a whole lota hate.
i will say this for al sharpton-- i love his statement--
young black men, pull up your pants and put down your gun.

[HistorianDude]

How ridiculous would be if all non minorities started calling themselves Russian-Americans or Irish-American or in my case a Irish-English American.

Where the hell have you been?

Irish American Heritage Center

http://www.polish.org/?view=home (broken link)

National Italian American Foundation - www.niaf.org

SACC USA

German American Societies of San Diego, Inc. | Home

[Chuckity]

I'm still looking for the Polish-English-Irish-Welsh box on government forms.

I think I'm being discriminated against.

[suprascooby22]

Originally Posted by Chuckity

I'm still looking for the Polish-English-Irish-Welsh box on government forms.

I think I'm being discriminated against.

Thanks, my point exactly!