[SandRat]

"A hyphenated American is not an American at all. This is just as true of the man who puts 'Native' before the hyphen as of the man who puts German or Irish or French before the hyphen. Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance." Theodore Roosevelt... 1915

We were warned in 1915 about Multi-Culturism and DI-VER-Sity being dangerous.

[glennshepard]

Those darn German-Americans who developed the atomic bomb that won WWII and those darn Mexican-Americans who join the military before they gain citizenship are ruining this country![/s]

I see no problem with “hyphenated Americans” as long as their allegiance is to America above all; however, to pledge this allegiance does not necessitate removing the hyphen.