This is good: CNN calling two deceased French teenagers from Tunisia “African-American” — because they were black.
UPDATE: Thanks to James Shearer in the comments for improving my own word choice. I had not paid attention to what sparked the riots and used sloppy language (“slaughtered” instead of “deceased”) as a result.
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Is “slaughtered” really the word you want?
James B. Shearer (fc887e) — 11/14/2005 @ 6:13 pmNo, it is not.
Patterico (4e4b70) — 11/14/2005 @ 6:21 pmJames, you always do to me what I see Allah to do Ace. Ace will get up a post and then re-read it once it’s up and see a mistake. Before he even has the chance to fix it, or question an assumption he has made, Allah has already pointed out the error and teased him for it.
I think you’ve done this to me maybe three times now.
Patterico (4e4b70) — 11/14/2005 @ 6:24 pmGoes to show I spend too much time reading blogs.
If I recall correctly the other two times you inadvertently said the opposite of what you were trying to say which can be hard to catch while proof reading because you know what you mean. This one is a little harder to explain and more worthy of teasing. Evidence of anti-French bias perhaps?
James B. Shearer (fc887e) — 11/14/2005 @ 8:58 pmThis reminds me of when foxnews edited a hillary clinton quote to say ‘homicide bombers.’ Its like they have a find/replace script.
actus (c9e62e) — 11/14/2005 @ 9:01 pmIt’s good to point out how stupid it is to try to change words to be politically sensitive, whether on the left or in the middle, like FNews.
It also shows that the rot of political correctness is much more deeply embedded in the leftists’ psyche that they’d even _think_ of such as stupidity as “African American French people.” They’re _French_, not some conglomeration, and it shows how afraid the left is to “offend” some groups that they’d let this pass their lips.
I’m afraid we’ll soon see in Seattle and other places that the fruit stands carry “African American Plums” and “Native American Plums” instead of black plums and red plums. (Or licorice.)
steve miller (e36000) — 11/14/2005 @ 9:13 pmAfrican Americans in France. Once again Bush is at fault!
How about the slaughter of African Americans in Sudan?
insider (4e39fb) — 11/14/2005 @ 9:15 pmReminds me of the infamous opera review in the LA Dog Trainer. The opera dealt with the contemplation of suicide and its ultimate rejection. The reviewer called its message “pro-life”. Editing changed that to “anti-abortion”.
Curt (1d96a4) — 11/14/2005 @ 10:56 pmI almost used that example in the post.
Patterico (4e4b70) — 11/14/2005 @ 11:24 pmHow about Nelson Mandela visiting the U.S. and being referred to as African-American by the MSM?
Good times.
CAL (fc6837) — 11/15/2005 @ 12:05 amTerminology Stupidity again
Three months ago I posted this piece about the tendency to turn euphemisms into the thing they represent, and them use them inappropriately. Here’s a fresh example.
Neo Warmonger (3f7ff6) — 11/15/2005 @ 2:39 pmWhat next? The “Hollywood African-Americanlist”? Former Justice Hugo African-American? This could get as bad as the LA Times “Corrections” automated error.
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