Re: Whiteness?

Mike Adams wrote:

> Hum, if it is wrong to be american-european/european-american, then
> why is it not wrong to be african-american?
>
> Me, I am an American, just happen to have most of my ancestors that
> I know of, came from Europe.
I first learned the term african-american some years ago from one of
the Dictionary Supplements in the annual Year Books published by
World Book Encyclopedia -- this gives a list of words that have
recently entered the English language in the opinion of the editors.

I thought it was a beautifully poetic term. Rhythmic and dignified. I
had no *idea* that it had political connotations (we're wonderfully
insulated here in Aus).

Years later I was shocked to learn - from a magazine interview with a
well-known American negro - that the term had its origins in extreme
political correctness and that many actual black Americans find it
distateful.

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