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Just saying
It's the media man.
Aug 7, 2016 2:04 PM
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It's the media man.
DudePlayinADudeDisguisedAsAnotherDude
It's only mentioned when religion seems relevant.
einbandit
Gods I hate catholics.
Phlons
why do we have to put a word in front of American? are we trying to segregate a class of people?
FlyByGRider
Why do we call people African-American?
amazingswingdfw
It depends on context. Muslim American’s may have different religious beliefs than Muslim’s in Qatar.
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Shouldn't native americans be americans and americans be european americans?
RussianMoofinsStoleMyName
Nothing is said about "African American" even though not all black people descend from Africans
ItsJatne
We shouldn't, but people like to segregate/give special classifications to people/things they don't have personal experience dealing with.
MaelstromVanguard
We really don't call them that. It's just the loud people who confuse "Muslim" for an ethnicity.
OnlyMyHonestOpinion
Who the fuck says Muslim American? FOX News? I have honestly never heard that.
bunnyrut
african-american to describe black people is also dumb. i knew a lot of black people who from other countries and they were always (1)
bunnyrut
offended. like calling every hispanic person mexican-american. if you were born in america you are american. that's it. (2)
usernamegeneratorerror
No one calls them that you racist fuck, we call them towel heads like everyone else.
Whospenisisinmycoffee
Jewish Americans already go by Plaintiff.
Cotrex
Oy vey
sman90
Ha, dick
NegativePositivePrimitive
bentheretoo
Or we identify everyone that way. I am an athiest Canadian.
aluskn
"There is no god. Sorry."
boxmax
Cause you're more athi than anyone else ever?
LearnedCoward
Of all the 36 million people in Canada, he is by far the most athy.
DirtyImmaturePottymouthedSmartass
I'm Texan-American. We can call each other "redneck", but you can't use that word. That's OUR word.
LoudAngryJerk
but people do get called christian and jewish americans... soooo
Dramacian
You expect logic ? American Pizza, French Fries, Belgian Waffles...
popejubal
American Pizza? I've never heard that term used before. Ever.
AWizardOfLoneliness
I insist on being called "Open-To-The-Concept-Of-Religion-Tho-Not-Entirely-Convinced-By-It American"
Rentaldog
It doesnt matter what your background/race is. If you immigrated/were born here, you're American. You assimilated. Simple as that.
shadDomino
Um I prefer "Jedi American " Thank you
Dramacian
Trup will build a Death Wall around to prevent you from coming.
leodavinci1
I mostly see people who fit hyphenated American demographics referring to themselves that way. People just don't want to let go of the past.
sorathecrow
Because Muslims tend to try and live very strictly apart from American culture, whereas the others assimilate
TheDreaded1
I have literally never heard anyone in the real world say Muslim American.
WhellerNG
Jewish is a weird exception, because it refers to both the race of people, and the religion that most of them follow.
AgolfHiller
So why is African American still a thing
MaelstromVanguard
Because apparently "black" isn't politically correct enough.
vexxed14
It replaced N*gger so baby steps yah?
xXforeverXaloneXx
Because they're all terrorists
fendercrust
That's not true fam.
xXforeverXaloneXx
I was kidding lol
parrmich
What about African or European American... I've literally NEVER heard European American...
ThisIsMyRealAccount
Only out of touch people still use African American. You don't know where they are from: is a black dude from Paris in NYC African American?
LearnedCoward
David Duke says it all the time
Deathsloveforcats
Yes i was about to say this. It annoys me
mdzmdz
WASP?
amoeba15
That's a specific subset. Doesn't apply to all of European descent. Also a great band.
PlantainSuperNova
Irish american, italian american, german american, polish amerixan.
ISupportYourViews
I hear it on occasion, and not just from racists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Americans
MamaKin
I feel the same way about the term "African American", or "Asian American". I never hear "Irish American" or "Swedish American".
Tiskel
You would have if you were around in the late 19th century. Times change, words change, demographics change.
MamaKin
It's 2016. It's time for more change.
YouKnowThatRandomGuyWhoLikesVikingsNamedBerzerkerlord
Careful you might make the Atheist Americans mad talking about religion.
JasonAbbadon
We prefer the term"Rational Americans", thank you very much.
JasonAbbadon
Muslims DON'T call themselves that.
User134
Some do
woodjoiner
I took it to mean when talking about a person who is muslim.
User134
Some do
KleptoGizmo
They probably just call themselves Muslim
fendercrust
It's more about the media calling them Muslim Americans when they're just Americans.
1navn
Or Greg or Christopher
MichaelScottPaperCompanyInc
Or American?
KleptoGizmo
I don't think I would refer to them as an American because no one would know who I was talking about (too vague)
Walatalalaw
Or stuff like Steve or Kevin or whatever
Grapefruitspoon
Or Mustapha, more often
PlantainSuperNova
Whoa slow down with the assumptions there Brad.