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Well I didn't intend to get into the highly controversial topics, but only wanted to stick to the topic of using accurate descriptors.
My grandmother is 100% Japanese. I'm not Japanese American, I'm 100% native American (native to USA). In the future this will all be seen as absurd because genetics will have been so mixed that it will be meaningless. The USA as a melting pot of people is the template for the future of the world. We're among the least racist nations (though there's always bad examples and room to improve).
Anyhow, I describe things as I see them, with no intention of offending people (usually). As I've always said, it's each individual's responsibility to try as hard as possible to not be offended. After all, who is harmed by being offended but the person that feels offended? We've also got the responsibility to treat people respectfully and avoid intentional offense, but we've got no responsibility to be politically correct. I'd argue that we have the responsibility to disregard political correctness entirely. If you act in good will, the rules only get in the way of meaningful engagement.
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