Paulo Serodio probably didn’t expect much of a reaction when he identified himself as an African-American during a cultural exchange at his New Jersey Medical School. However, his white skin apparently disqualifies him from calling himself such. Serodio is a 45 year old white male who was born, and lived, in Mozambique–in Africa. By the book, he is a white African American. However, after one student complained that it offended her–the dean of the school suggested he no longer use that term. The ironic part is that while Serodio is actually from Africa, the female student who complained was likely from Newark or Trenton, rather than some African nation. ABC news has a lengthy story on the altercation.

“There are people of all races who are African,” Serodio said, adding that he’s never had a problem identifying himself as an African-American until that day in Duncan’s class.

Zeff pointed out that Serodio only labeled himself after his instructors asked him to do so and was then penalized for it.

This has got to be single stupidest thing to come out of New Jersey since….ever. There are approximately 5-7 million white africans in Africa, is it so inconcievable that some of them could come to America and be known as “white African-Americans”?