Word: hyphenated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...feeling obtuse, I say "New Jersey," knowing what they want to hear is "China." Even if my parents left that country decades ago and I myself have never been there, I am still Chinese to them, or, at best, Chinese-American. Though I am happy to own that hyphen, I don't think I could efface it if I wanted...
...number of numbers to list and, in the process, often extending the length of each number, to cope with a digital dearth) and http://'s. To reach a friend a few blocks away, I have to type 38 letters that mean nothing, a numeral, two underlines, an ampersand, a hyphen and two periods, all in a uniform, dotty sequence that will go nowhere if I add a single space or omit a stroke...
...abruptly informed (by a white friend) that "Oriental" was now a racist term and that I would heretofore be known as "Asian." College brought the all-important addition of "American," so that I am now "Asian-American," or, if one really wants to split hairs, "Asian American" (the hyphen, to some, indicates an undesirable hierarchy or dualism...
...making the dangerous argument that 'we are not Americans with a hyphen; rather, we are all Americans." How can this possibly be dangerous to anyone with less than fascist intent...
Cast out the hyphen; recognize an imperfect world...and let us strive, as Americans together, as members only of the human race, towards the Promised Land that is our potential. Jeremy R. Jenkins...