i would stipulate as well that the historic races also have a claim to a hyphenated american identity. > african americans these people are unique to america on every level. in africa, they stick out like a sore thumb. their unique genetics, language, culture, and history qualifies them as african americans. there's nowhere else for them to go. so i would say african-american is acceptable, though i don't know if i would call them americans. i could accept someone refusing to call them americans at all, or calling them an ethnicity of americans, or saying that broadly they aren't americans in general but some are. they didn't build the country and do not share the culture or genetics of the people who did build the country. > native americans/indians these are also people who are unique to this country (including canada and greenland), are historic, and have nowhere else to go. they did not build the country and weren't even considered citizens until after the 14th amendment granted birthright citizenship to everyone else, so i wouldn't consider them americans per se, but since they are unique to our country, were forced to assimilate for centuries of white dominance, and didn't just show up 5 minutes ago with their hand out, i would say it's acceptable to call them american indians or something to that effect. > everyone else not american, never will be, never can be. puerto ricans and hawaiians are conquered peoples. poos and gooks have absolutely no business even stepping foot on our soil.
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