“It is amazing how quickly they [politicians, newsies, commentators, etc.] can drop the {hyphenated}-American when it is inconvenient.”
Yes, and I’va always thought it was a hoot to call Blacks here in America “African-Americans.” As far as I know there is no “African Race,” and 99% of American Blacks have never even been to Africa, let along having been born there. I have Black friends who themselves are offended by the term. OTOH these delineations are “helpful,” when we are trying to figure out why some “Americans” do the things that they do. In Curiel’s case, he’s simply a fifth column judge who isn’t an American of any stripe, just like Obama, who should be removed from office and deported back to the “country he really loves,” Mexico.
Sure there is and Barak is one. According to his birth certificate, his father's race is listed as African.