Reply #140: I'm getting the impression you think I find the term African-american to be a bad thing

[kitkat65]

Far from it. I was just stating from a semantic point of view there is an otherness - for lack of a better word - when you put something before the hypenamerican instead of just saying American. And yes, this conversation is about race but that can sometimes include nationality as well. Parsing the term African-american, one realizes it has two nationalities stated right there in it.