[TigerClaws]

Announcers were also silly. They wanted to say first black to gold in all around gymnastics. But said African-American.

Are blacks from Africa Africa-Africans?

What’s a white African now in the US called?

[KSCITYBOY]

I have watched stupid PC announcers get tripped up over describing blacks from South Africa before. They have trouble wrapping their little minds around what words mean.

[FreedomPoster]

I know a few white African-Americans. They have a lot of fun with it.

On that note, if you didn’t see South African comedian Trevor Noah’s sketch on Leno from earlier this year, watch it.

http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/trevor-noah-stand-up-1-6-12/1377327?__source=tnt|home|featured|recent

He *really* has some fun with the whole African American thing.

[Wyatt's Torch]

They wanted to say first black to gold in all around gymnastics. But said African-American.

to the US media "Afican-American" is a color not a race. It reminds me of two stories about tortured political correctness:

One was an ESPN reporter asked a black player who scored a game winning goal what it felt like to be the "first African-American to score a game winning goal" in the NCAA tournament. He looked at her and said "I'm Canadian." She then said, "Okay, but how does it feel to be the first African-American to do so."

Second was when Jay Leno's wife was describing her trip to Africa to work with the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and she described the black kids as "African-American...who live in Africa".

Hilarious...