TFS Max

Very approprite and touching. Very true, we do not need to divide ourselves up by race or nationality. We are all Americans. We can take pride in our roots, but still be united as Americans. That is the way it should be.

I like the message of unity (and love JW's voice!) but I'm not sure I agree that the hyphen is what divides us. In fact I think he has his history backwards.
Some Americans have called other Americans words like: wop, spic, wetback, mnigger, pollack, kike, frog and so on and on. That is what is divisive.
The hyphenated words were and are a reaction to that name calling: substituting a dignified description of origin for the ugly ones so often used, and adding American to point out that they are in fact American.
Kathy