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17 Jan 2012, 5:48 pm

Is the term 'coloured' to describe the appearance of someone currently considered to be a racist use of language?

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17 Jan 2012, 5:54 pm

Some people find it offensive and racist, some people don't.

I've always just used black, personally.

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17 Jan 2012, 6:01 pm

I've had colored teachers in primary school, call themselves colored, and not in a condescending way. I've also heard it describing anyone that isn't Caucasian.

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17 Jan 2012, 6:06 pm

Why do some people find it offensive? Why do others not?

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17 Jan 2012, 6:11 pm

Saturn wrote:

Why do some people find it offensive? Why do others not?

No clue. It's just the way people are. It makes no sense.

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17 Jan 2012, 6:26 pm

abacacus wrote:

Saturn wrote:

Why do some people find it offensive? Why do others not?

No clue. It's just the way people are. It makes no sense.

Google the term "Jim Crow Laws". Using the word "Colored" is to reference segregationist language, where the concept of "Separate, but Equal" was more separate than equal, and depended on the color of a person's skin.

The racist phrase "Coloreds Only" is a slap in the face to any non-caucasian person who has ever had to deal with racist segregation.

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18 Jan 2012, 4:49 pm

Okay, thanks for the info. I can find out more now.

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18 Jan 2012, 5:05 pm

Saturn wrote:

Is the term 'coloured' to describe the appearance of someone currently considered to be a racist use of language?

We are all "colored" Have you seen any transparent humans that you can look right through?

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18 Jan 2012, 5:19 pm

You might consider white people to be more colored than darker complected people, because we turn red when embarrassed, blue when we get cold or lose oxygen, and olive when we die. Maybe chameleon is a better descriptor than colored.

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18 Jan 2012, 5:22 pm

Saturn wrote:

Is the term 'coloured' to describe the appearance of someone currently considered to be a racist use of language?

Everybody is colored.

And no, it's not. If you're black, you're black. If you're white, you're white. Why people can't acknowledge that in explicit or straight forward terms without being flamed at, I don't know.

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18 Jan 2012, 6:30 pm

I've always thought that arguing over the words just distracts from achieving any resolution with the overall issue.

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