Current Events > Who the hell still calls black people "colored"?

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Last winter I was assigned to a team to do some work and we were supposed to meet in a library study room. So I went to the library and I didn't find my team.

It was two guys, one black guy and one arab guy.

So I asked the library lady if they had seen them. I asked about the black guy by name if she had seen him because I didn't know the name of the arab guy.

So when I said his name the lady thought for a moment and asked me if he was "colored." I was like "co... what?" I didn't understand. I thought she might have said "covered" or something. Then she asked "does he have black skin?" I'm like "yeah." So she was like "no, I haven't seen him."

I was like ok.

Well it was true she hadn't seen them because they didn't get there yet, they got there a few minutes later.

But yeah, I felt the library lady's reaction was kind of weird. I mean.... colored?
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Old people
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my sjw sense is tingling
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SJWs
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my buddy Logan from Texas

He doesn't even think it's bad

He'll be like, "Look at that colored boy over there."

And we'll be like, "That's racist."

And he'll say, "Whaaaat? How's that racist? I'm just saying he's colored."
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I think its weirder when they call other races colored that aren't black such as South East asians or Middle Eastern people.
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When the term "people of color" keeps getting used in media, it implies that similar sounding terms are okay to use (whether it is or not). The librarian likely thought the term was politically correct to use since the other is acceptable.
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Sorry, but if the left is going to push for "people of colour" to be acceptable, then you damn well better be ready for "coloured people" to be acceptable too. They're the same damn thing.
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the NAACP
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DifferentialEquation posted...

the NAACP

Ya but their name is old as hell

And the tone of the conversation with the library lady was super awkward. It felt as if she was telling me that she hadn't seen him because he's black

And anyways when I hear "colored people" or "people of color" it just makes me think of a kid's coloring book


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in my experience, if you have to refer to skin color, most black people prefer to be called just that. they're regular people like you and me, and stumbling around for a PC term is just as awkward for them as it is you

She was a librarian. She's been cooped up in that library reading Jane Austen and Emily Dickinson probably since Gerald Ford was in office.
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Old people who were alive at the time where that was what black people were called. She probably doesn't see anything wrong with it and I would bet she didn't mean any offense in saying it.
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My grandma does. She follows it up with "I've always said they have the whitest teeth!" a lot.

But she's a cute little old lady so it isn't really racist is it?
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Trevor Noah still calls himself colored. He is not from the US, though. He hasn't been fully indoctrinated yet, but he is getting there.
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Some people think it's racist to call black people black, like it's a derogatory word.
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Wait. It's not okay to call people colored?

Dead serious right now CE. Why not? I've always said either colored or black, and haven't gotten any weird looks for it. I mean...I honestly don't see what could be bad about it but now I want to know.
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Wait that refers to black people?

I always thought it meant people with tattoos.
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treewojima posted...

in my experience, if you have to refer to skin color, most black people prefer to be called just that. they're regular people like you and me, and stumbling around for a PC term is just as awkward for them as it is you

I agree. The awkwardness of another race deciding how another race should be referred to with their skin color as a reference is just as embarrassing as a 60 year old out of date term.
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Yea it's awkward. Calling someone black isn't a big deal. I was at work today with a few of my black coworkers and we ended up talking about cowlike hair. I didn't know what that was. They had a hard time explaining it and I couldn't figure it out. They pulled up a picture and I said? "Oh! You mean white people hair! You should have said that earlier" They looked at me saying I said that too loud. I didn't see what the big deal was.
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My hair is cowlike?

Maybe they were trying to say "cowlick?"
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IIRC the Republic of South Africa specifies in their constitution which people qualify as "colored"
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DevsBro posted...

Wait that refers to black people?

I always thought it meant people with tattoos.

Hahahaaha
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SJWs use the term people of color

HaVeNII7 posted...

Wait. It's not okay to call people colored?

Dead serious right now CE. Why not? I've always said either colored or black, and haven't gotten any weird looks for it. I mean...I honestly don't see what could be bad about it but now I want to know.

It doesn't matter that much. It depends on where you live probably.

DevsBro posted...

My hair is cowlike?

Maybe they were trying to say "cowlick?"

Yea sorry. Not what I meant to say
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frozenshock posted...

DifferentialEquation posted...

the NAACP

Ya but their name is old as hell

And the tone of the conversation with the library lady was super awkward. It felt as if she was telling me that she hadn't seen him because he's black

Yeah, well, she wasn't saying she hadn't seen him because he was black. In the time of older people, colored was an acceptable term for black people. My Great Uncle, for example, is one of the kindest people in the world. He always talks about how when he was a kid, he loved playing basketball with the colored boys (in the 50s no less).

There was a period of time where people of African American descent would get mad if you called them black for crying out loud, and like it has been stated in this thread already, if Liberals and Progressives are going to push for "People of Color" to refer to anyone of non-Caucasian descent colored should be an absolutely acceptable term.
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I would prefer not to be called "colored". Doesn't have a good ear feel.

Kinda strange seeing some peeps real aggressive about the use of the term.
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vashmoto posted...

I would prefer not to be called "colored". Doesn't have a good ear feel.

Can't we all just call each other people or by name. I mean why should any reference to a person's skin color be given attention unless it's a descriptor with a purpose?
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You can call me 'crispy' because I look like I've been left in the oven too long. IDC.
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Yea sorry. Not what I meant to say

Maybe it's just me, but I've always known a cowlick to be when your hair won't stay down.

http://media.gq.com/photos/57f7bd00efd8450b0917b30a/16:9/pass/tom-hardy-cowlick-edit-1.jpg
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Looked gf posted...

Old people

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I use the term colored gentleman sometimes
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The NAACP
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Super old racist people.
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Looked gf posted...

Old people

My grandparents referred to them as colored.

Like "Your colored friend came looking for you today"

Tried to tell them it's OK to say "black" but I guess people only know what they know.
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Old people and South Africans still use the term. I once dated a girl from SA who referred to herself that way, although she probably spelled it 'coloured' since britishers spell so many words with the extraneous u.

DevsBro posted...

Wait that refers to black people?

I always thought it meant people with tattoos.

Nah, people with tattoos are called inkies.
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545x39 posted...

DevsBro posted...

Wait that refers to black people?

I always thought it meant people with tattoos.

Nah, people with tattoos are called inkies.

What about people without tattoos?
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Looked gf posted...

Old people

/topic
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fenderbender321 posted...

The word is actually more racist toward white people, because white people are being excluded as a colored person, even though white people's skin is also a color.

Lol
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RE_expert44 posted...

The NAACP

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GODTIER posted...

my buddy Logan from Texas

He doesn't even think it's bad

He'll be like, "Look at that colored boy over there."

And we'll be like, "That's racist."

And he'll say, "Whaaaat? How's that racist? I'm just saying he's colored."

how is it racist? If anything it's racist to white people. We're not clear.
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IR_G posted...

fenderbender321 posted...

The word is actually more racist toward white people, because white people are being excluded as a colored person, even though white people's skin is also a color.

Lol

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I've mostly heard old people use it quite a bit. Generally, there's no ill will behind it though.
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I'd argue the majority of the Republican Party still does.
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