A reporter from one of the major US television networks was interviewing black British athlete Kriss Akabusi after being a member of the 400 meters relay team that took the gold medal at the 1991 Athletics World Championships. The interviewer started off with:
“So, Kriss, what does this mean to you as an African-American?”
“I’m not American, I’m British”
“Yes, but as a British African-American …”
“I’m not African. I’m not American. I’m British.”
This went on for some time before the reporter got so flustered that she gave up and went to interview someone else. I guess more than anything else it demonstrates the potential absurdity of political correctness — this reporter was so tied-up with the idea that the “correct” term for someone of afro-caribbean ancestry was African-American and not Black that she couldn’t cope with the fact that many black people are neither African nor American.
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