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I dare you to call a group of black guys colored or Negro. Hell, get video if you can.
Keep in mind, Jim Crow is still in living memory and i grew up with the double water fountains everywhere.
Colored is Jim Crow and Negro is a racial category that goes back to phrenology. Negroid was still used in anthropology as recently as the 90s, still may be a technical term, IDK. But, unless you're talking about college funds or forensics, you have a good chance of getting your ass beat in the right crowd.
Unless you're old as dirt and polite.
I'm just wondering, not attacking - what do you call a general group of races which are discriminated against?
I was working retail one time and this guy left his hat at the counter, coworker said "who's hat is that?"
I said "the black gentleman there" and nodded toward him
"You can't say that!"
"Why? I'm not using it in a negative way, it's an adjective."
I called the man over and said "sir, I just described you as a black gentleman. Does that offend you?"
"Hell naw! That's what I am!"
Was hilarious.
It's especially funny hearing stories of black Europeans dealing with Americans figuring out you can't call them African Americans.
The standard in the US seems to be "People Of Color" is fine and "colored people" is a slur.
The NAACP retains its name for historic reasons.
Minority is probably the best term when you're talking about not-white.
In general, African American is seen as silly just like Latinx is. Caucasian American is used ironically as a mild insult: "That boy is such a Caucasian American that he keeps a loaf of whitebread in the glovebox."
Brown people is also useful shorthand but you have to be careful as it can be insulting without proper irony. "Those rich old white guys sure do love killing brown people for oil."
Yeah, it's never been about what you say but what you mean.
My neighbour is black - fine.
Ugh, my neighbour is black - not fine.
I guess "minority" could work when you're talking about the US, but in Europe I've heard it used more when talking about nationality, not race.
For example, the largest minority group in Eastern Europe is usually Russians.
Yeah, it's all going to be regional. I'm a redneck, and, to some extent, queer. However, call me those things with the wrong tone and we have a problem.
Minority is nice because it's relatively short compared to groups-other-than-white and similar clunky terms.
"Minorities," is now sometimes used in an insulting way, but it's usualy obvious when someone is being a racist shithead.
At the end of the day it comes down to respect, intent, and tone. Basically, don't be a fuckhead and be polite, folks will tell you how they want be called.
Now you added an insulting term to drive home your point, you seem a little nuts imho.
You went from "colored is an insult" to "call 'm negro"...ffs dude get a grip.
Re-read and climb off that high horse before you hurt yourself. I was also referring to the UNCF, Unitrd Negro College Fund. Goes hand in hand with the NAACP.
Both colored and Negro occur in these names as the organiztions are so old that those were the correct terms at the time.
Example not involving race:
Moron -> retard -> special as in special needs -> intellectually disabled
It's called the Euphemism Treadmill. Moron was a medical term defining the degeee of impairment lile a hundred years ago and is used as a pejorative to this day.
It's a word, being talked about as a word. Not directed at anyone. Not being used to insult someone. Stop giving mere words so much power and worry about what's actually being said.