Political Correctness

[paulpablo]

People used to say colored people. Now that's considered racist. We say people of color now. Eventually we'll say that's racist too.

You're a bit behind with the times, people of colour is already considered racist by people, check out this message board of diversityINC

Yes, the term ‘people of color’ is offensive because it implies that ‘non-colored’ or white is the norm or ideal. I am not of direct African descent; however, I am non-Anglo and this that using the term ‘colored’ or ‘people of color’ is extremely racist.

I feel that “people of color” is a racist and objectionable effort to group together a diverse population into one tribe (thanks for the word, Luke Visconti) united against whites – which I write with a lower case ‘w’ since I do not see whites as an ethnic group.

The term “people of color” is offensive to me. Like @BlackChickInSeattle said, this term is just used to group every single person who is NOT white together. As a white person (female), I feel slightly excluded when I hear this term being used.

Because words exclude and offend people.  The word negro caused slavery, then the word coloured caused racial inequality, now we have people of colour and it's causing real offense and exclusion.

There's pages and pages dedicated to this subject online, it's very important.

One day it's my dream that we will just find the perfect words to use in the right order and we will end all racism.