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.
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.