by Arisztid on October 16th, 2009

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"Caucasian" includes folks from India, Iran, Turkey, and more very dark skinned peoples. However, "Caucasian" is usually used interchangeably with "white." I think that this sort of classification is outdated. What is your opinion of this?

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by Hardcore Conservative on October 30th, 2009
African-American is used almost exclusively to denote those of negro ancestry. Yet, there are many white people, born in Africa who are not considered African Americans.
I was born here in the United States. Am I not a native American, even if I don't have any American Indian geneology?
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- I am with you on not caring for the hyphenated American thing. I am an American... period. If asked my ethnicity, then I state that. Many people do not get the difference between nationality and ethnicity.
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- Agreed.
  "There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100% Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else."
  Theodore Roosevelt
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