February 25, 2002 at 12:00 am #17905
craig c.
Member
But people DO refer to Irish-Americans, and Polish-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and all the other ethno-Americans. For whatever reason, presumably that almost all of us are from immigrant stock, Americans seem to be a bit fixated on origins, hence we make these references. My personal is for names rather than labels. If you find blacks ‘demanding’ to be called African American, perhaps it’s because they feel they have the same right to pride of heritage as the rest of us ethno-Americans.