tuvor
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Tue Jun-14-05 09:24 PM
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I just had a George Carlin moment. |
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Why is it PC to say "person of colour," but racially insensitive to say "coloured person"?
:shrug:
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deadparrot
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Tue Jun-14-05 09:52 PM
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1. I always avoid the term |
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"color" or "colored" in terms of race.
Because that implies that, being white, I'm not colored. But I definitely am a color...just a lighter one. :shrug:
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mark414
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Tue Jun-14-05 10:02 PM
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2. they're both dumb terms |
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and a professor of mine made a similar observation:
"you're saying the exact same thing, but in reverse."
he's black and there's no "race phrase" he hates more than "person of color"
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