"Just like I am an AMERICAN....no hyphenated label needed just AMERICAN"
OK Old Biscuit, get your atlas out & think about this one. So, you claim to be an American. That is fine & true. So what is a citizen of Canada? What is a citizen of Mexico, of Guatemala, of Beleze, of Costa Rica etc.?
These are all countrys located in NORTH America, just like the UNITED STATES of America is located in NORTH America. That makes the citizens of all those countrys Americans also. Go to the United Nations building in NY. What is the name of the country on the desk in front of your representative? It is not America.:)
Hmmmm...Just sayin. When you are outside of the forest the trees look different.:)