When you divide us along ethnic lines, even unintentionally or to make nice, you balkanize us as a people and dilute our strengths.
I can't argue with that. That's very true. But, the fact is, generations have been balkanized in this country because many people grew up in little homogeneous communities. (FTR, I'm not criticizing communities for being homogeneous; it's a matter of preference.) They grew up referring to themselves as only Polish or Irish, etc. I see adding "-American" as a step in the right direction. I look forward to the day when people drop the first part and refer to themselves only as American.
So, I AGREE we will be better off, as soon as everyone in this country thinks of themselves only as "Americans", period. But, are you doing that? You're separating people into groups, too.
You asked: In your "HO" are you tired of paying taxes for reparations for ahyphenas, or nativehyphenamericans? I pay those reparations too to those hyphenated "victims" of us evil cowardlyhyphewhitehyphenAmericans.
I'm sick of my family having to pay for other people who feel entitled, period. I don't care what their ancestry is.
Puhleeze, I don’t have any power to seperate people into groups. Barack Obama has endorsed the position of separation by failing to censure Herr Holder who has referred to me and others as cowards because we don’t look and act like those nice americans of african descent—africanhyphenamericans. Don’t even attempt to put it on me.