[Michael Richards]

I cannot agree more about the devisiveness of the hyphenated-american concept. A major part of this issue is large blocks of society holding on to, and trying to identify a foriegn culture that they have lost all ties to. Blacks in America have no idea as to the social morees and culture of the countries in ‘the Motherland,’ and indeed would be horrified if they were to suddenly find themselves ‘back home’ and living in countries that did not even exist when ‘they came over here.’ The black americans that live in this country could easily have been here since the 1600’s, so they are more american than many other groups. Five generations back, my grandmother was ‘Experience O’brien’ from Ireland. Her husband William was from England. I am AMERICAN. I was born here, as was my father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great grandfather. I am NOT Irish-British_American; British Isles-American; or any such rot I do not feel the need to change my name to ‘Shamus,’ ‘Collen,’ or change my last name to ‘O’Hurlihugh’ to try and identify myself to a land, and a culture that I do not belong to or was raised in. I wish that hyphenated Americans would realize that they too, are AMERICANS first and foremost, and put their allegience where it belongs.

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Name : Michael Richards, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 46, City : Phoenix, State : AZ, Country : United States, Occupation : Printer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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