It is a bit ridiculous. Here’s a question, if a black friend of mine asks me if I know was NAACP stands for, would I be offending him if I told him? I think not, but in the PC world I’m not supposed to say those words. Unreal. And frankly if I referred to my friends as “African American”, they would give me that “talk to me, not at me, call me black” look. Yeah, it’s great for TV and politics and all that PC BS, but in the real world it doesn’t work like that. At least not in NYC. Especially since many blacks here are not even Americans, and have not been to Africa.
Newt Gingrich says “African American”. So in the PC world, Newt is more sensitive to black issues than Mr. Cumberbatch? That’s just funny.
I think this generation needs to listen to some Lenny Bruce. Don’t get so uptight over “words”, get uptight over “issues”.