“African-Americans” riot in France
I have this idea that the phrase “African-Americans” should be used to refer only to descendents of slaves in the United States. In other words, while both Condoleeza Rice and Colin Powell are black, only the former is an African-American. If it turns out that Americans want to call all blacks in America African-American, then I guess I’ll buy that, but it’ll be a cold day in Hell before I start thinking of black non-Americans as “African-Americans.” But at least one person thinks it’s kosher to call non-American blacks “African-Americans.”
(Via Michelle Malkin)
