Helen Thomas, as quoted in America: what my country means to me by 150 Americans from all walks of life (2002), Simon & Schuster, p. 238
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We were never hyphenated as Arab-Americans. We were American, and I have always rejected the hyphen and I believe all assimilated immigrants should not be designated ethnically. Or separated, of course, by race, or creed either. These are trends that ever try to divide us as a people.
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