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12710358, I don't quite get why "Person of Color" = OK but "Colored Person" Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Tue Jan-27-15 11:40 AM
is no bueno. I guess the best explanation is historical context but from an objective standard they are hard to distinguish.
Y'all mad at Benedict Cumberbatch?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/27/benedict-cumberbatch-race-comments_n_6553900.html
Anyway,I swear when I was a kid Negro was still ok to say.
I could understand moving completely away from the "color" standard of classification that's why I kind of like African-American but if you sticking to the color scheme then it's hard to say there is a big difference between Colored Person, Person of Color or even Negro.
It always reminds me of that person that changes their name thinking i will make them a different person. I have a home girl that went from a mighty ethnic name like "Wazerah" to something white and plain like "Page". SMH. I digress though.
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