"African Americans"?

me | me

[Dutchboy88]

No apologies needed, my FRiend. I heard Ron do this on TV some time back and laughed my, well, some parts fell off. Thanks for the repeat laugh, though.

[Paladin2]

"She is an African-American."

So is Mrs. Jon Kery.

[envisio]

That’s what I don’t get...

If Charlize Theron was standing beside Sheniqua from Detroit... the PC police would call Sheniqua the African American and would call Charlize the white woman.

Charlize is the real African American. Sheniqua is a black lady born in Detroit.

I would like to see, in a interview on any random news show.. when they refer to someone as an African American... for another pundit on the show to chime in a say, “African American? Really? I did not know that. What part of Africa were they born in?” with a straight face.

[trillabodilla]

Wonder what they would call me, an Irish-English-German-Cajun mix of a mut? A Red Neck?

[Ann de IL]

It is really jarring to hear it when it is so nonsensical. I was listening to a recording of a P. G. Wodehouse novel and was really surprised to hear ‘African American’ instead of whatever the original word was. Particularly since this was a novel set in 1930s Britain.

[clintonh8r]

To me it is intellectually dishonest and an insult to the author when text is changed to make it politically correct, or for any other reason.

[Sergio]

There is a gentleman I know who is 6th or 7th generation South African and is now a naturalized U.S. citizen. He is white with sandy blond hair and blue eyes. He speaks English, Greek, Hebrew, and few African tribal languages. He’s a SiFi geek and a surfer dude. He has advanced degrees in Theology, Philosophy, and Psychology. He still goes to college to keep sharp.

On the first day of one of the classes my friend was enrolled in, the professor asked everyone to introduce themselves and describe themselves ethnically.

Heads just about exploded when he described himself as African American.

[Svartalfiar]

[shibumi]

Who, ME?!?

I'm just a happy U5a1b1b(mtDNA) Haplogroup-American.

Bought my wings at Gliders R Us - (formerly "We B Gliders.)

[Salamander]

Africans.

[The Bat Lady]

I call white, “white” and black, “black”

and the only one who is black in America that I will call “African American” is Obama.

[shibumi]

You could skip the “American” part in his case.