We lost our identity as a Nation when we.

[Business_Casual]

It's amusing to meet hyphenated Americans in whose "homeland" you've spent far more time than they have.

Or where they have never been. And why does everyone claim to learn XYZ language at their Grandpa's knee but they don't know common words like house or dog? Back on track - I don't even bother to fill out those family tree things the annoying SIL sends every year.

M_P

[Alex V]

I have to agree with the stupidity of the *.*-American.

I was born in the Soviet Union, but when people ask me what am I, I always say "American" No Ukranian-American bullsh*t here. I am a citizen, therefore I am American, period.

My GF along with a lot of other people in NJ like to say they are Italian-American. It makes me bust out laughing. They are as much Italian as I am German. Sure my Dad's family came from Germany to the Ukraine 200 years ago, but that does not make me German. And my GF's Great Grandfather coming from Italy does not make her Italian. She is an American.

Especialy when you put a country other than America in front, that means you were born in that country. If anything, many so called "African Americans" who were born here are really "American Africans" Saying the first seems like poor grammar to me.

I may be way out on this one, but if you want to hyphinate your nation of origin, go back to the nation which has the first spot in the hyphinated name.

Maybe its because I embraced this country with open arms and would like to be nothing but American, but it just rubs me the wrong way.

[Outlander Systems]

I'm a Viking-American.



Seriously though, there's no place like the U.S.A., and there never has been.

When I was in uniform it was about the green. The individual was less than the sum of the team. We have regressed IMO.

This. The same should apply towards greater society. If you're not an American-American, what the hell are you doing here?

[chg380]

This has always been a subject that has caused some issue for as well. I believe that if you were born here you are an American no matter what your decent is. If you migrated here and pledged allegiance to the U.S.A. and are willing to fight for it you are an American.

[CarlosDJackal]

Personally, I consider myself an American of Asian decent. However, since I actually immigrated into these United States, I still consider myself a foreigner but only in the cultural sense.

What is wedging our country apart are those who have never taken any kind of ownership despite the fact that they were born and raised here. I personally took ownership when I joined the Military 26-years ago and again when I applied for and obtained my Citizenship through Naturalization more than 22-years ago.

There seems to be a lot of individuals who are embarrassed of this Great Nation enough to consider themselves "Americans" (IE: the POTUS and First Lady). I've run across a lot of individuals who choose to change their names to that of some other nation's and who would rather wear the colors of what they think are their ancestral countries rather than anything that would represent the USA.

Even immigrants might fly a flag of the country that they came from; but they do not necessarily put it in front of or above the Stars and Stripes!! IMHO, it's hard to consider yourself an American when you've done nothing for America except complain and leech of all the truly hard-working Americans.

JM2CW.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

People eventually become assimilated. Trying to stay seperate is hard work. I was in line at LAX at the car rental counter and a couple from Latin America was having issues and, but didn't speak English, only Spanish. This being LA, they turned to the next ticket counter lady who was hispanic and started talking. The next counter lady just looked at them and the first ticket counter lady says.

"Oh, she just looks like she speaks Spanish."

Everyone gets lazy kids who don't want to go to Grandma's on Sunday and eat the funny food and learn the old ways.

[BVickery]

No disagreement from me on this one. The moment we started to hyphenate everyone we seased to be a cohesive nation and a fragmented one. I get looks when I call a person black and when they start to spout the PC BS I tell them stop and shove it. They are an American in my eyes and this whole hypenating BS is ruining this country and pulling it apart instead of together.

[Mjolnir]

American? Humph! I'm a South Louisianaian!!

Navigating Collapse, I love the pic!