Comment by quantummagic
3 days ago
I took it as an honest question, but the quotations mean you're probably right. For the record, it's still a widely used term in DEI contexts, even though there has been some criticism and alternatives promoted:
3 days ago
I took it as an honest question, but the quotations mean you're probably right. For the record, it's still a widely used term in DEI contexts, even though there has been some criticism and alternatives promoted:
Person of color is very different than colored
It's literally saying the same thing, just with fewer words.
There were a lot of signs in America at one point in time that said "No Coloreds", "Colored Section", and similar phrases to indicate the spaces that white people had decided non-white people could or could not go.
At the same time, there were not a lot of signs saying "No Persons of Color" or "Persons of Color Section".
Likewise, my grandfather who died 35 years ago was very fond of saying "the coloreds". His use of the term did not indicate respect for non-white people.
Historical usage matters. They are not equivalent terms.
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