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Originally posted by rainbowbrightCS
bump... I think you said it beautifully.
I have another question. Why do people call some one who is black African-american? Becuase not every one who is black is American and 2) not all black people are from africa, (originaly all people are from Africa, I am not going get into that)
and in America, How many generations does it take where you are no longer of your ancesters nationality. Like my mom is a 2 generation American, but considers herself American, with an Irish backround... even though both sides of her family is as pure as an Irish family can be genecticly.
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I think it would be up to the individual, I would think. There are Italian-Amerians who've been in the US for generations who are still very proud of their Italian heritage, and therefore will continue to refer to themselves as Italian-American. Some people stop referring to their heritage after two generations, but then their kids become interested in their background and may refer to themeselves as hyphenated Americans.