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Hopefully, this will give you an idea of what I'm trying to say regarding hyphenated names.....
Take for example, Jehovah's Witnesses. People gripe about them constantly. The reality is, that it's not their interpretation of the bible that bothers other people (except religious zealots, but then they're guilty of the same probem). It's the fact that they actively attempt to push their version of their religion on others.
Hyphenated names more or less, fall under the same guise. Personally, I couldn't care less if you or your ancestors came from Africa, Asia, India, Iran, Austrailia, or wherever else. Most other people could care less where you came from either. The hypenated name can be, and often is seen as flaunting your ethnic roots. Ethnic roots have nothing to do with the character of the person. Pair this up with ranting about how downtrodden your "people" are, while a notable number of them sell dope, steal, engage in gang warfare, and top all of it off by acting in a racist manner themselves, keeps this divide alive.
The government will never "fix" the problem, because they don't want it fixed. First, they lose a campaign point when they are out there begging for votes. Second, a populace not squabbling with each other, will become more aware of the actions within that government. A unified population becoming aware of just HOW dirty the halls are in government would spell disaster for the bodies in power.
Finally, even if the gov't DID care, how can anybody expect them to suddenly find the holy grail of "fixing the problem," when they screw up everything they touch?
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