When the population of the United States was almost exclusively white, then I think talking about "colored" people made perfect sense-- because "Indians," black people and Chinese people were all of extremely different background than Europeans.
That was a couple hundred years ago. Calling some Americans "colored" is kind of pointless, since it's no longer different to be different, so to speak.
That was a couple hundred years ago. Calling some Americans "colored" is kind of pointless, since it's no longer different to be different, so to speak.