Secret Chief
Degrow!
Everyone is red then?
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"Person of Color," "Brown," or "White"? Or Something Else?
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"Person of color" is a stupid modern affectation.
I avoid using it.
It will eventually die a well deserved death like
other terms, eg, "quadroon", "darkie", "branch
manager", "colored", "mulatto", "moon cricket",
"eggplant".
"Branch manager" is one I recently discovered.
Unlike the others, I'd never heard it used.
(It's about swinging from branches, I think.)
I avoid using it.
It will eventually die a well deserved death like
other terms, eg, "quadroon", "darkie", "branch
manager", "colored", "mulatto", "moon cricket",
"eggplant".
"Branch manager" is one I recently discovered.
Unlike the others, I'd never heard it used.
(It's about swinging from branches, I think.)
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anna.
colors your eyes with what's not there
No actually, it's not.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Sure. Why not?
In 1950.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
No not really.
Right up to the present day as this other exceptional organization has done.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) | History
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their...
If they use it , so will I. If they stop, so will I.
;0)
That usage is just a vestige.No not really.
Right up to the present day as this other exceptional organization has done.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) | History
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their...www.britannica.com
If they use it , so will I. If they stop, so will I.
;0)
Use it if you want.
But people will think you time travelled from 1940.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I find history has far more charm and grace then this era has.
I'm tremendously proud to stay vintage.
There's a reason that terms historically associated with racial denigration or inaccurate understandings of entire ethnic groups are now "vilified." Thankfully, the N-word is no longer socially acceptable for non-Black people to use either.
I suppose people find this exceptional organization is offensive as well.
United Negro College Fund Home Page - UNCF
UNCF empowers more students more than 50,000 students to get to and through college each year.uncf.org
I think it's different when members of a group use terms like that to refer to themselves as opposed to when someone from outside the group does so, due to historical and cultural dynamics.
I mean, that sounds like one way to disrespect people and get into a lot of trouble unnecessarily, but let us know how it goes if you do it, I guess.
Secret Chief
Degrow!
Could be difficult if you're trying to describe someone to the police because you witnessed a crime...Sure. Why not?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Not all the time.The 40s had it's own brand of boorishness & thuggery.
Again....
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Pure class and proud of the name.
There's a little of the frog in all of us.
I've only had frog legs in me.
They taste like chicken.
How is that your spoiler is blurred?
Frogs legs are ok, but there's not enough of them
It's an ispoiler. Last item on the bold/italics etc menu
It's tiresome on how normal terminology is constantly being vilified even when it's used in a completely benign manner..
I suppose people find this exceptional organization is offensive as well.
United Negro College Fund Home Page - UNCF
UNCF empowers more students more than 50,000 students to get to and through college each year.
I'll continue using the terms as I please until those organizations stop using them first , which I'll respect such changes if and when it happens and not before.
Sometimes, it's more a matter of context, not so much the literal, technical meaning of terms.
I think that American society does seem to be a bit too finicky, inconsistent, and downright absurd when it comes to certain terminology. That's how "political correctness" can make itself into an easy target. I still get a chuckle of some news reporter (back in the 1990s) proclaiming that "African-Americans all over the world are celebrating Nelson Mandela's birthday!" Or you'd also have white immigrants from South Africa claiming to be "African-American," which is technically accurate, but...
Then there's also the NAACP. The "CP" part is not really used, as it's also considered offensive, yet it has the same meaning as "people of color."
Ultimately, I think most people wish to be polite and inoffensive, but sometimes, it seems that there are some people out there who have nothing better to do than to look for new terms to get offended about.
Yeah, they just reworded it slightly to "people of color" but it's the same stupid thing.
