My view is that if you add six syllables to avoid sounding racist, then you're likely racist. 

Plus, we don't call white people European Americans. It's Caucasian, though only a small percentage come from the Caucuses. 

Furthermore, I feel that hyphens divide people the way they divide words.

Agreed. African American always seemed more disrespectful to describe someone as.

Nobody gives a shit.

most "African American" people in the US are mixed so the term is a bit inaccurate.

Wow. Nobody said nigger yet.