Years ago when Mrs. MAExile when working for a home health care agency, she accidently used the word "Colored" when talking to a client of the African American persuasion (Her mother and grandmother used in constantly and consistently). As far as the client was concerned she may just as well of said "N**#$".
To be fair, she said the client was very difficult to the point of requesting a black nurse because she didn't want a white one in her house. Of all the people to offend...
Very tricky. People of color is often OK, and sometimes not, but colored people is definitely not, except when used with the NAACP, when it is definitely OK.
I had a fraternity brother from South Africa and we had to make him quit saying it when referring to non-black darker people like Indians.
I would have told the client to call the NAACP and see if they could locate one.
I often correct the students I hear in the hallways of my school calling each other “nigger,” by saying, “Excuse me, you mean negro, don’t you?”
yeah I understand. The language changes over the years are hard to keep up with. What offends one today will be okay tomorrow or grounds for lynching
My son was called colored during a recess in third grade. The next thing he knew he was pulled into the principals office where the kid who said colored was sitting crying and the Education Leftist establishment present in the room made the little fellow apologize to my son. Wonderful way to encourage positive race relations.
My son couldn’t figure out what was going on.
A few days later it all came out, and I went into the office to hear their version.
When I heard the story, I looked at the assembled fools and said, You use the term “Person of Color” all the time. In English grammar a person of color is a Colored Person. So what is the problem?
It was like talking to oatmeal. For a few minutes I thought they might call DHS because I was not a PC enough mom. He lasted til Thankgiving in that system.