Rather, it is usually that I hit the alarm in my sleep and stayed in bed a bit too long. There is power in how people are named by others and how they name themselves. I just finished a wonderful biography of Nat King Cole. At the time it seemed okay. But, I hope we have all grown past that.
Minorities frequently change old slanderous labels into names reflecting their new sense of power.
African-Americans have not been called that for very long. Queer Nation embraced an old term that they then gave new definition. Humans never stay in traditional grooves. The grease of human interaction is respect most of all. Folks who throw the term P.C. around are frequently afraid of their own positions in community.