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Originally Posted by flatbutt

I'll tell you what nationality issue bugs me. Hyphenation. I get it that naturalized groups would refer to themselves as X-American with X being their birth nation. However, people who are born here and refer to themselves the same way bug me.

My ancestors are Sicilian, but I was born here. I am American with a family heritage from Sicily.

Agreed, if you go far enough back nearly all of us would have a hyphen. Being an American doesn’t preclude your family heritage.