American-African
American-Asian
American-Albanian
American-Bosnian
American-Botswanian
American-Chilean
American-Chinese
... ... ...
If one goes with America first, followed by your cultural background, the difference is huge. United in diversity.
Vs Diversified-Americans who are pointing at differences first.
Words Matter.
The gesture is noted, but it seems awfully redundant.
We’re all just Americans, with different heritages. The problem stems from still believing we’re captive to that heritage, instead of having come from that heritage to become American.
I agree though, America should always come first.
I left whatever heritage my background and ancestors had when I realized what it means to be blessed with being an American. There are times that I want to acknowledge the past when people ask me that question....best approach I've found is. American of ....descent/origin..... Or even answering the simple query, where are you from, with the answer being the State in which I grew up. Followed by the longer American of ....descent/origin
Or...hear me out...or we could just say Americans
'United We Stand
Diversity We Fall'
Try this one: American-Republican, American-Libertarian, American-Individualist.
Now this: American-Democrat, American-Socialist. In my mind, there's no way to be America first when saying either of those.
F that, there's no such thing as an American-Asian, just an American. Anybody says any differently is a fuckwit leftist nutjob.
I'm okay with that. User name checks out.