Ronald Reagan, in a letter to former President Eisenhower, July 22, 1966. As relevant today as when it was written.

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"I am in complete agreement about dropping the hyphen that presently divides us into minority groups. I’m convinced this ‘hyphenating’ was done by our opponents to create voting blocs for political expediency. Our party should strive to change this—one is not an Irish-American but is instead an American of Irish descent."

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[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Whilst Reagan gave the way to destroying our country by appointing Jewish Zionist neoconservatives who further indebted our country. Trickle down economics doesn't work.

[–]ManWithABanana 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And unfortunately, it's very ingrained in discourse today. Now the question is more like, what idea/meme needs to catch on to stop this ? It will never just "cease", but if a new phrasology replaces it that works.