I would prefer the term "American of African descent", or "American of European descent". Or, how about "AMERICAN" if you are a citizen.
If you go to Europe or Asia, (even Australia), you will be called an "American". Over there, they don't add your ancestral country to your identification.
I think that it was Teddy Roosevelt who said that there was no place in this country for the hyphenated American. After all, it's the hyphen that divides. Either we are Americans or we're not. Using the hyphenated identification will cause us to become tribal ......a nation full of tribes. And we know how well off countries with tribes are. Total unrest.
United we stand ... divided we fall.
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