This is America!?

Question

Change African American to the proper terminology. American of African decent. Irish American is American of Irish decent. Italian American is American of Italian decent. American Idian is Native American.

AGREE OR DISAGREE AND WHY????

I am going to let this one be voted on because of the good response and number of stars.

Answer 1

Absolutely, because we are Americans first, and a lot of us no longer have ties to the countries that our ancestors came from.

Answer 2

I like the idea, but Native American is just another name put on us by the "whites" just like Indian. Why not call us by the name of our tribe or nation. We are NOT all the same.

And for Cameron, we are too Native Americans, forget that land bridge theory. We were created here on this continent, we have histories on this continent going back over 30,000 years, long before any land bridge. That theory is full of holes anyway.

Answer 3

I am first and foremost an American, born in Chicago in April 1941.

My grandparents all immigrated. My mother's parents were Polish, and immigrated from Austria (Poland did not exist at that time other than as an ethnicity.) My father's parents were German and immigrated from what is now Poland and Russia, by way of Germany.

I have no objections to being called German American or Polish American as long as the American part comes across loud and clear. My grandparents and their families struggled and sacrificed to come to this country because they wanted to be Americans.

My German-Russian-American grandfather died at 89 and still had his German accent, but he was as proud an American as I have ever known. By my parents' generation the nationality of origin had pretty much been dropped anyway.

Members of my family on both sides put on uniforms or took up tools to defend or help defend this country in World War II and in later wars (I was in Vietnam.)

I think it matters little what we call ourselves or what others call us as long as we respect ourselves and each other. We are a nation comprised of people of all sizes, shapes and colors, and I love that about us--and I love any American who loves this country as much as I do.

I'm not disagreeing with you or anyone who has posted. I hope I am supporting what is right about what everyone has said.

Let's just call ourselves Americans or people. That works fine for this American of German, Polish, Russian and Austrian descent.

Answer 4

Totally agree with you on this one. No discrimination in this. It's how it should be and there is no disrespect in it. I especially like the way you left the Native American in the Indians reference. This is Pro-American, not putting down anyone. BUY I BET A BUNCH OF IDIOTS OUT THERE WILL WHINE AND PROBABLY REPORT THIS. I GIVE YOU A STAR.

Answer 5

That does sound like an accurate way to go, but I'll just stick with American, although I've been sensitized to USAdian in respect to our Canadian, Central and South American (too many countries to ian them) Americans.

Answer 6

i agree, especially w/ the native american, but i think the other should just be american, because you can tell by someone's name their decent, so it isn't necessary to say it for the most part

Answer 7

Agree.
This is the USA, not Ireland, Italy, France, Columbia, etc...

No more explanation is needed.

Answer 8

''American of African decent'' dang! but by the time people get done calling us that, they'd been forgot what they were going to say. ''yes we have an 'American of African decent'' going into the building, do you copy?''

but i like the idea.

Answer 9

too wordy

besides native americans aren't really natives of america (north & south).

how about: we're all just americans.

Answer 10

I like it! Makes more sense.