VA: Maggie and The Client
Feb 20th, 2007
It’s funny how people take things on the Internet.
Yesterday I wrote a post condemning political correctness and I was immediately accosted by random accusations about my motivations behind the article. […]
Original post: Maggie and The Client

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Personally I refuse to use the term “African American” because it’s so completely inaccurate.
Most of the black people you encounter in America have been there for generations, so calling them “African” makes as much sense as calling a white person “European.” And, there’s white people from Africa too. South Africa, Kenya, and many other African nations have white populations.
A black person you meet might be truly African, and not “american” at all. Or, they might be from Brittain, or Australia, or Brazil, or just about anywhere else. If, for example, you see a black person who is actually from somewhere else, like let’s say Brazil, and you call him an “african american” you look like an ass.
Like most forms of political correctness, it makes no sense and just confuses the issue.