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Old 10-19-2008, 07:46 PM   #33
toranokaze
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 View Post
I agree completely but I find it interesting that the only group that calls themselves "American" are people of European descendant. Natives are "Natives, Native American, or American Indian". Slaves of African decedent are "African American or black" and African immigrants are "Somalis, African, Nigerians, Blacks, etc". East Asian, Indians, Arabs, Mexicans, Latinos, etc are "[insert ethnicity] Americans or [insert ethnicity]".
That is why heavily promoting the term "European American" for all people of European descent. And the term "Mixed American" for those who don't what they are.
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