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In reply to the discussion: Why is the term "people of color" still used? [View all]Response to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #36)
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lol. Minnesotans have been known to spontaneously combust when visiting tropics
Pretzel_Warrior
Feb 2014
#6
Might have also originated from the "Colored People" signs I used to see as a youth when
RKP5637
Feb 2014
#105
I always thought it was an odd term, that it establishes "white" as the norm, and moves from there.
Throd
Feb 2014
#10
so it's ok now to discriminate against me because im white ? just people is what it should be.
leftyohiolib
Feb 2014
#45
i never liked the term person of color , like im invisible i dont care if it's a rw talking point
leftyohiolib
Feb 2014
#47
yes u r but i'd say youve done more than just comment but that doesnt answer my question
leftyohiolib
Feb 2014
#80
i just updated the post to answer ur question now answer mine. quit bulling me
leftyohiolib
Feb 2014
#85
i wont defend this anymore u dont like my opinion so your going to try to bully me in to accepting
leftyohiolib
Feb 2014
#88
Absolutely. Regardless of how sub-literate, inaccurate, or petulant it may be.
LanternWaste
Feb 2014
#93
You are allowed your opinion just as I'm allowed to disagree. And I do... Vehemently.
M0rpheus
Feb 2014
#104
im not making light of any discrimination i just dont like the like the phrase
leftyohiolib
Feb 2014
#82
No one can prevent you from having an opinion. It is a foolish opinion, however.
kwassa
Feb 2014
#127
You can ask her if I know her well. I sure as heck wouldn't speak for her.
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2014
#138
They why the big deal about me knowing my daughters well enough to know what they would think on
RC
Feb 2014
#141
The difference is I don't claim to know every thought or idea in my (or your) kids' heads.
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2014
#142
Let's see... I told you what I thought about you thinking you know everything your
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2014
#150
Wasn't "colored" the adjective used to designate things to be used by black people?
FarCenter
Feb 2014
#25
"People of color" may have been started by academic race theorists a couple of decades ago
FarCenter
Feb 2014
#31
It refers to people who were discriminated against all over the nation but especially in the South
JDPriestly
Feb 2014
#40
It is a term in popular vernacular used to describe those who are not caucasian.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#32
When did you decide race baiting was the proper way to conduct a discussion in GD?
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2014
#71
That is an excellent way to put it in easy-to-understand terms for the terminally obtuse.
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2014
#69
If Bob is black, from Illinois, why does society call him an Afican American.
NM_Birder
Feb 2014
#101
These are various "people of color" at least according to the definitions of some Americans
AZ Progressive
Feb 2014
#83
No one was paying attention to anthropology when the original card was dealt.
M0rpheus
Feb 2014
#147
Because "non - white" implies white as default and language can be clumsy.
TheKentuckian
Feb 2014
#99
OMFG is it REALLY that hard to tell the difference between the words "of color" and "colored"?!
redqueen
Feb 2014
#128
One is a prepositional phrase modifying a noun and the other is an adjective modifying a noun?
FarCenter
Feb 2014
#132