The wrong reason

Today, in the phone-in feature of the pamphlet, someone called and identified him/herself as an African-American. I responded, "I must take issue with the caller who said he was an African-American. Using such hyphenated titles only promotes racism. An American is simply an American, and such citizens do not vote for someone solely on the basis of the color of his skin, as the caller recommends."

Indeed, the caller had said, ". . . I am urging that the rest of the African-Americans in the county. . . vote for Barack Obama. . . Don't let us lose this election." We all know who US is, and that's just wrong.