Why can't we all just identify as Americans? Why do we have to hyphenate everything?

This is the core idea of multiculturalism - emphasize the DIFFERENCES, believing that this will instill peace.

Cause blacks like to feel oppressed and chose to be slaves to the liberals and identity politics.

For example Morgan freeman call himself an American not and African American and hates black history month saying it just causes division.

Most people feel that way. But there is always a hold out.

They feel they are going to lose something they don't even need. Fear.

Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American … There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag … We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language … and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

The "identity politics" practiced by the democrats won't permit it. They prefer a coalition of victimized tribes.

I'm white first.

Anglo Protestants kept asking what are you? Where are you from? If you're born in America, you're an American. So kids of immigrants said Italian American, Irish American, etc.

Of course everyone's "just an American," but you don't seem to grasp that because we're a nation of immigrants and immigrants' descendants, people are naturally interested in their ancestry, in their forebears. There is nothing wrong with that. Saying that you're "Irish-American" isn't a rejection of an American identity; it's merely taking pleasure and interest in your family history.

For black people, some of whom like to use the term "African-American," it's an acknowledgement of black American history and their ancestors' origins. I can't fathom why you'd object to that acknowledgement. It doesn't harm anyone.

Being interested in and proud of your ancestry doesn't exclude being proud of being an American. The two things are not and never have been mutually exclusive.

American is about citizenship and nationality. Hypenating suggests dual citizenship or nationality. Very odd that people that have never left the country claim dual. This is simply a tool of division, politicians love having as many as they can possibly find.

Apparently we are not all equal, we are not all equally American. Therefore we have good reason to seperate and hate each other. Power for rulers is what this is.

The two aren't mutually exclusive.