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Originally Posted by Tucker Carlson
shouldn't you be an un-hyphonated american. seriously we are all americans why dont we identify ourselves as such. My ancestors came over from The UK a long time ago and i dont go parading myself around saying i am a British-American. Only the first and second generations have the right say they were african americans they actually lived there, not the 5th 6th 7th and 8th generations - they never lived there.
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Lady of Pearl, like you and myself, should have the right to define herself as she sees fit. Besides it apparently being your desire, why should we all be un-hyphonated Americans? What, exactly, is the problem with this? Your ancestors came over from the UK--great. It's your choice, or not, to call yourself a British-American. Whatever you choose, AfAms are not going to sweat it. Not speaking for Lady of Pearl, but if she's an AfAm there's a high likliehood that her ancestors came here against their will, had their identities stripped, their families separated, and had a nation built upon their "free" labor.
You made it pretty clear you don't define yourself as a British-American. What makes you think LoP, or anyone else, would not demand with the same righteous intensity the right to determine what they will be called?
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