[Fat Pang]

My stepfather is from Tobago and is a rather large, very black man. I say this because that is how he describes himself to anyone who has the temerity to describe him as afro-caribbean or afro anything.

He is proud of being from Tobago and is equally proud of being black. He sees the plethora of other labels as being sops to political correctness and wants nothing to do with them.

I never met anyone who has dared to utter the "N" word in his presence. As he used to be a professional bodybuilder and now competes on the vets circuit, this doesn't surprise me.