[sweetliberty]

"I can no longer remember where I read it, but at some point, an Egyptian was told he could not call himself African-American because he wasn't black"

And it doesn't cut both ways, either. Consider the case for banning the story of Little Black Sambo, under the pretense of offense to blacks....even though he was Indian and not African. (I don't even think there are any tigers in Africa, are there?)

[Enterprise]

"(I don't even think there are any tigers in Africa, are there?)"

Yes! (I didn't know either, but I did some quick peeking on the internet.)

"Another recent release claim which has also generated some concern is that of the proposed Tiger Moon Sanctuary in South Africa. The plan involves the introduction of tigers into South Africa. Readers should note that tigers are not naturally found in this part of the world and never have been; this common belief is a myth.

http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/release10.html