[citation][nom]dizzy_davidh[/nom]Being from the UK it may sound strange to US and other international folk that it sounds very odd when someone says they are 'anything' - American, as in Cuban-American, Iranian-American etc.Outside the new-world migrants aren't routinely (or ever) labelled with their ethnic history and their citizenship details. I would be an 'Irish-Britain' in that were the case and I've never heard of a 'French-German', for example.If you are a citizen of a country then that is what you are, ....."[/citation]
I wholeheartedly agree. Once you are a citizen of country their should not be any reference to your origin anymore. Unfortunately, until all of the government programs that have been specifically set up for these "classes" of Americans or whatever nation have been abolished, this blatant disrespect for nationality will continue. These programs are a slap in the face and racist against anyone that is actually 'American'.