[OnyxCougar]

Originally posted by sycamore
"(insert ethnic background here)-American" was around for quite some time before "African-American."

Agreed. But most didn't start INSISTING they be called that instead of black. In fact, Malcom X, before he was assassinated, created the Organization for Afro-American Unity. So hyphenated names have been around for a long long time. It was only relatively recently that you had to use that or be considered insensitive to their culture. (PC)