[cowboyhater]

Born in America = American...no other label needed. Born in another country but now an American citizen = (Insert country or area here)-American.
Hell, if we want to get this dang ethnic, I am a Scottish-German-French-Irish-English-Dutch-Native American. (Not in that order).
Part of the reason racism still exists is because of the self-applied labels that people demand be used.

I don't disagree with the sentiment, but oddly, I believe that racism will still be present until we can use these terms when appropriate without thinking better or worse of anybody.

I don't know of too many people who demand they be called Italian-American or Irish-American. They will typically say Italian or Irish with the American part implied. Does this mean they have not fully acculturated themselves to the United States, not at all. But, I may be telling a story about my Polish(-American) mother cooking Italian for my German-Irish (-American) father, because early on the people in south central Connecticut figured out that the Italian9-AMerican)s cooked better stuff!

The Mediterranean heritage (Italian, Spanish, Greek) have an earned reputation for artistic greatness, and also for impulsive behaviour. That speaks nothing about any individual Mediterranean, but by and large it bears out. I hope appreciating the developed traits and geniuses of various ethnis heritage doesn't make one a racist. If you yell racist over that type of usage, I believe you cheapen the term.

Our family is extremely diverse, but we don't hide the ethnic differences, we celebrate them!

cowboyhater= German/Polish/English/Irish/American Indian
Mrs. cowboyhater = Dutch/French/Scottish-Canadian (NOT American)
Agnes cowboyhater=Mexican/Spanish/Russian/Italian
Mary cowboyhater=African