That reminds me of the first time I heard the phrase “I’m not black, I’m African American”
Those of you who know me will know that I don’t really listen to every word that is said in a sentence so I can multi task quite effectively, however before I honed the skill my brain would fill in the gaps with words that were topical for whatever reason… this tended to lead to some pretty interesting selective hearing issues.
It was my second or so trip to the good ole U.S of A and after a 7 hour flight in cattle class I was somewhat jet-lagged. Standing in the immigration line I heard a woman shout “I’m not black, if I can I’ll marry Ken”
A couple of things occurred to me, first, who the hell is Ken, and by the way lady, you are black – I’m English and on our forms … oh, African American!!!
