Frank and Earnest

I can't stand euphemisms and euphemistic language. I don't say African-American when I mean black person, I don't say little people or vertically challenged when I mean midget or dwarf. What is with people who think that changing a title will change the situation? 

Little person seems even worse than midget, at least a midget is unique. A person with dwarfism could suffer from Achondroplasia, Growth hormone deficiency, Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, diastrophic dysplasia, pseudoachondroplasia, hypochondroplasia, primordial dwarfism, Turner syndrome, or osteogenesis imperfecta. The midget doesn't normally suffer from these various maladies, but he gets lumped with "little people" and loses his unique quality. 

I don't say big-boned or pleasantly plump when I mean fat ass. I know I'm way behind the curve on this subject, but why can't we just call 'em as we see 'em. 

I don't understand why white is appropriate for white people, but black is not appropriate for black people. Should I insist on being referred to as an Anglo-American? Or European-American? It's dumb and pointless and does nothing to bring people and cultures together. Labels like these only drive us all further apart and create a sense or anxiety and fear around people of other backgrounds and ethnicities. Can't we just be people and do our best to get along? 

Excluding the French, of course. Bunch of cheese-eating surrender monkeys.