But aren't you taking something, that was meant to be polite, into something more than it really is. I was talking to someone once and did refer to whites as "whites". I felt uncomfortable using that term so I asked if I should use the term "European American" or "whites". He shook his head and just said "Americans". But he himself used Asian, Black, etc. for describing other Americans that were not white.
So what term is a minority to use, when describing people who are white? And it goes back to my original arguement, that political correctness does indeed swing both ways.
What, would you contend, is the purpose of 'political correctness'?