> There was a time when "Black" was considered offensive and "African-American" was the generally-approved nomenclature. This culminated in an epic television

> There was a time when "Black" was considered offensive and "African-American" was the generally-approved nomenclature. This culminated in an epic television moment when an American interviewer asked Kris Akabusi, a black British 400m runner, what his victory meant "as a British African-American".