Fei-Hung said:
I was going to agree with you until someone pointed out that when it's usually a white person committing the same crime they don't say British, or American, or German, they usually just say someone has been caught for committing such and such an act. |
are you serious? they specifically say that sort of thing all the time, distinguishing whites just like any race. If you're reading in article IN England or from an English media provider, obviously its most likely not going to specifically state that a local there is 'English' because its generally assumed
however if an American on vacation in England committed a crime they would probably say "an American". Its all about context. They mention Afghan here because otherwise someone might assume it was a native German (naturally), as well as because there is certainly a topic of discussion to be said about immigrants and their effect on the places they move to as well as an arguable lack of assimilation
