Anyone else tired of hyphenated Americans? (Chicago, best, city, racial)

[Drudger]

Does liberal-hating-American count?

[suprascooby22]

Originally Posted by HistorianDude

I'm an Italian-American.

So when someone refers to you as white you promptly correct them and ask to be referred to as an Italian American. Do you do this in jest or are you serious?

[suprascooby22]

Originally Posted by Drudger

Does liberal-hating-American count?

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by suprascooby22

So when someone refers to you as white you promptly correct them and ask to be referred to as an Italian American.

Why would I correct them?

I am both.

As long as they are not calling me a "****" or a "wop" I'm satisfied with either.

Originally Posted by suprascooby22

Do you do this in jest or are you serious?

Well, certainly not "heart-attack" serious. But definitely not in jest.

I'd say more along the lines of "not-having-my-undies-in-a-bunch-over-trivial-issues" serious.

[Opyelie]

Originally Posted by city414

name me one country that does not use hyphens whether it be racial. ethnic or nationalistic

I've never heard someone designate themselves as an Italian-Australian etc etc. Maybe it doesn't roll off the tongue quite as well (shrug) and Aussies tend to be lazy speech wise and run words together and shorten them anyway.

Then again, before Australia caught the American "multicultural" disease along with all the PC rhetoric - most immigrants were simply denoted as New Australians.

[Lucario]

Originally Posted by suprascooby22

You seem to carry around a big chip on your shoulder in regards to race.

I don't like bullshyt...........if that's a chip, then so be it.

[nat_at772]

Originally Posted by yayoi

I have yet to meet one black person that gets offended when someone calls them black. Where are you meeting these people? Or do you go by what's on the tv.

Neither have I...they must only be visible to non-black people.

[independentsucka]

the term wop really offends you? it stands for without papers. who cares.

Originally Posted by HistorianDude

Why would I correct them?

I am both.

As long as they are not calling me a "****" or a "wop" I'm satisfied with either.


Well, certainly not "heart-attack" serious. But definitely not in jest.

I'd say more along the lines of "not-having-my-undies-in-a-bunch-over-trivial-issues" serious.

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by HistorianDude

Why would I correct them?

I am both.

As long as they are not calling me a "****" or a "wop" I'm satisfied with either.


Well, certainly not "heart-attack" serious. But definitely not in jest.

I'd say more along the lines of "not-having-my-undies-in-a-bunch-over-trivial-issues" serious.

"Io, non arrabbiarsi"

[Trucker7]

Originally Posted by Opyelie

Then again, before Australia caught the American "multicultural" disease along with all the PC rhetoric - most immigrants were simply denoted as New Australians.

That sounds like a plan. We should call all immigrants "New Americans". I find it ironic that liberals are the ones always crying that we are all equal, and at the same time love to divide people in different categories.