BTW, "people of color" and "colored people" are grammatically the same, but don't actually refer to the same group of people. "colored people" was used to refer to people of African decent only, unless my memory is flawed. "People of color" refers to African, Latino, and other groups; sort of a catch-all for non-white people.
Interestingly, the terms "white people" and "Caucasian" have their own rather inconsistent and dubious origins. One example, many Latinos do consider themselves to be "white". Personally, I'm rather tired of the use of racial terms and would prefer they just vanish from our vocabulary, but then there are a lot of cultural elements woven into race as well and that sort of anchors them in our language.
Interestingly, the terms "white people" and "Caucasian" have their own rather inconsistent and dubious origins. One example, many Latinos do consider themselves to be "white". Personally, I'm rather tired of the use of racial terms and would prefer they just vanish from our vocabulary, but then there are a lot of cultural elements woven into race as well and that sort of anchors them in our language.
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
~Julius Sumner Miller
