Why is everyone suddenly calling ET "Afro Cuban". He is not even a naturalized immigrant--Tarrio was born and raised in the USA, which makes him every bit as American as Hillary Clinton. It's not a pedantic thing--the practice of emphasizing the race or language of anyone who is not of pure Northern European ancestry is already an attempt to marginalize them, but calling an American citizen "Afro Cuban" goes further and specifically denies that such a person is even a real American. Moreover, in ET's case, calling him any kind of not-American obfuscates the meaning of his crimes, which would make no sense for someone who doesn't consider himself as fully American.