Colors?

I've made a decision after hearing on the local news recently that there is an uproar in Macomb County, MI about a Councilman there using "racial slurs". The slurs were to call African Americans "coloreds". I must be behind the times, as I wasn't aware that this was now a "racial slur". I suppose then, that the leading African American organization in this country is itself a slur, right in its title. NAACP. For those who do not know what this stands for, it's the National Association for the Advancement of COLORED People (emphasis mine). Granted, this organization was founded in 1909, and was the accepted term for the time. However, if they do not see a need to change, why should anyone else? To do so would be insensitive, wouldn't it?

I think a leap can be made to say that to call someone 'black', is itself a slur, as that too implies "color". Black is, by definition, full color. This then means that an organization within Congress is also a "racist slur", the Congressional BLACK Caucus.To be fair, if the goal is true sensitivity for all, or diversity, if you will, I have made a decision. To call myself "white" is not sensitive, as white is absence of color.And, since the politically correct term is "African American", I have decided that I should be known as an Czech Republic-American". But wait, that is too narrowing. After all, there aren't "Mozambique-Americans" or "Zaire-Americans". To be consistent, I am now a "European-American", with all rights and privileges that go with it.

I leave you with a final thought. Teresa Heinz Kerry was born in South Africa, and is now, I assume, a U.S. citizen. If I may make a politically incorrect observation, she is also "white". Is she an African American?