When people classify themselves as African -American or Japanese_American?

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or Mexican American they take away from themselves the right that they already have, the right to be an "American".
Being American isnt about White, Black, Japaniese, Hispanic, Irish, or whatever. its about liveing in a country where we are all supposed to be free. no matter what color race or religon or country of origin you are.
By classifying yourself as anything other than an "American" you are setting up your own differences from everybody else and createing your own conflicts along with.
America is the Great melting pot of the world. anyone can come here and become a citizen, and if you were born here you already are, people need to realize that this is the only country in the world that this is possible. and they need to appreciate it and start showing it I am an American,I was born here, it doesnt matter where my parents were born.

Be proud of your heritage, love it, however sometimes when you use it to set yourselves aside from others you are createing your own differences. to me you are already my equal
but it is interesting to hear about where you are from.

Answer 1

Nevertheless, I would like to introduce you to my household pets, one being a 'feline American' and the other a 'canine American'. It's not my doing. That's what the prefer to be called. I think it's dumb too.

Answer 2

I think most of what you say is complete bs.

Saying that you are "African American, Japanese American..." doesnt mean they arent an "American". It means they are proud of where they are from. If everybody was just "American", then you would have the most egocentric nation in the world, if not already.

You OBVIOUSLY dont know what "melting pot" really means.

Hahaha, you should actually review your own citizenship policy. Its ridiculous. And as for America being the "only country in the world that this is possible", you obviously havent been outside of America.

Answer 3

So true! I HATE that....What the hell are with these people? Why do they have to qualify them selves? To keep America at arms length is repulsive. The biitched for years about segregation and now that its gone they put them selves right back into it again.

Nationality and heritage are two different things. Just another example of whats wrong with this country. We allow crap like this to go on.

Only seems to be one main offender....Africans. To a lessor extent, Mexicans.

Listen up, you don't have to tell me you roots are in Africa, its pretty dam obvious. Same with you Mexicans, you are pretty easy to spot.

Why can't we just be Americans and leave this false and misguided ethnic pride out of it? If Mexico or Africa was something to be proud of, you wouldn't be here now would you?

Answer 4

People often mistake nationality from race, colour and other human classifications. This is like saying "I am a Texan daschund or a Michigan chihuahua". Humans as a group, get on fine (like dogs) Problems arise only if you mix dogs with cats: then you have fun and games. Tragic as it may, many humans find this answer the hard way when they jump fences in zoos!!!

Answer 5

Yep, it's comical sometimes how many want equality but by being so politically correct, like in this situation, they are actually creating a rift between themselves and the rest of us creating inequality. Your American, if you want to be called something else go somewhere else...

Answer 6

I am American by citizenship, and I totally agree. However many feel the need to tell their origin. The ones that are amazing to me are the South Americans, they call themselves Hispanic or Latino, even if that is obvious. therefore they consider themselves Latinos first .Since we live in a free country, it is their choice, and so be it.

Answer 7

Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes are both close in epidermis tone. Black human beings have glaring colors. we are all black, yet some are patently darker than others. Its no longer a foul element, its like whites seperating one yet another through hair colors. Rose: very last time I checked white human beings were those who managed the studios and made the actors. i did not understand i changed into doing that. you need to be insecure. Why are you so obsessed on black women human beings??

Answer 8

Excuse me.... I thought I was American, but I guess I'm Irish-German-Cherokee-American. Hmmm..... and I have
NEVER been to Ireland or Germany. The Cherokee part is pure American!

Answer 9

You raise a valid point. I think the hyphenated classification is more for identification purposes than anything else.

Answer 10

More adjectives to define yourself with. Why would anyone want to let go of their history? It's okay to acknowledge it just as long as one doesn't use it as means for segregation.