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German-Americans are only seen as "ethnic" anywhere in the US if they are from Germany(and still speak with an accent)--so basically 1st generation German immigrants. I know German people who were born in Germany and moved here, but their children are as "white American" as I am. Distinct German communities and neighborhoods in the US really started to dry up after the one-two punch of World I and II, when German culture wasn't something people wanted to boast about at the time and in the post-War Period really assimilated away(maybe lasted longer in some areas with high German populations in the Northeast or Midwest).