Quote - ...but since we're no longer considered chattel and actually get to vote...

Hey, when the hell did that happen?! ;-)

Quote - ...as daft as labelling people 'African American'...

I once saw the "Star Trek: Voyager" character "Tuvok" described as an "African American Vulcan". That made me smile.

The English language responds well to mangling. It is a mangle of previous mangles. Mangleness is one of the reasons for its great success.