I had one of my "problem" children make a very profound statement today...

He asked me why we refer to African Americans as such when very few of them had been born in Africa. He said, "I wasn't born in Africa and don't know anything about it. I don't want to be called African American, although I'm not black either!" He made me giggle with the last one. What he wondered was why he couldn't just be referred to (pardon the grammatical error) as an American. I was shocked because this kid does absolutely NOTHING in class, but, once in a while he comes up with a jewel, but, this one beat all of them.