While I agree that no one can change their skin color or "will away" their phenotypic differences, you imply that people of color are only seen as Other (and especially in the US) particularly because they are not white. My argument is you CAN change that conception of America = white.

I know you've heard this before from me, but if we can enact that change (how ever many generations it takes) then the lines between "so-and-so" literature will be even more blurred.

And I wonder, is Asian American lit seen as "Asian" American by non-Americans? Or even better, in Europe? I wonder if they mainly see it, or categorize it in their bookstores, as "American." just a thought...

(and by the way, I reject my supposed Irish heritage, moving to SF has exposed me to lots of off the boat Irish, and I've found I'm nothing like them, heh.)