[Gondring]

(Which reminds me of a knee-slapper of PC insanity, in which a well-known newspaper "corrected" a story about race issues in South Africa. When it went to press, it made reference to "White South Africans" and "African-American South Africans." I kid you not.)

...and remember the story of "Getting [a budget] Back into the African-American!" that ran in the early 90s...(was that in The Nation?) :-)

Those automated PC checkers were a hoot. I was waiting for the election-year story saying, "Throw the ~Homeless~ Out!"

[aculeus]

(Which reminds me of a knee-slapper of PC insanity, in which a well-known newspaper "corrected" a story about race issues in South Africa. When it went to press, it made reference to "White South Africans" and "African-American South Africans." I kid you not.)

Geraldo once referred to a black Brit as "African American".