Thread: Are You Just an American
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Old 06-20-2005, 02:34 PM
Rudey Rudey is offline
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Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
That's really interesting.

I personally don't use either. Didn't realize I was an American until I left the country.
I can't remember where I read an article about it, but a lot of African immigrants want to distinguish themselves from black Americans so I guess the hyphen helps separate...

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