...and to capture more aging baby boomers' MONEY AND MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS.
Reminds one of KFC (don’t want to mention that fried chicken)
So will the NAACP and UNCF be expanding their coverage to peoples beyond a certain ethnic heritage?
For a half a second, I thought that there was a REALLY inappropriate mascot at the University of North Carolina at Fayetteville. :^D
If the victimhood lobby wouldn’t change the terminology every decade, UNCF and NAACP would have these problems. Today, the term “colored people” is considered offensive while “people of color” is considered sensitive. That’s just nuts.
I have several liberal acquaintances (I live in NJ) and when with them and the subject of minorities (blacks) comes up I NEVER refer to them as blacks but Negroes or colored people. It drives these people absolutely NUTS. Their jaws clench but they will never say anything to me after their initial attempts to correct me which were met by my counter that if it was good enough for the NAACP it ought to be good enough for them.
I swear, pissing off liberals will add 20 years to my life. I really love it so.
Is “colored person” a bad word as in NAACP?
I don't judge people by their skin color. I also don't put up with racists. And I define "racist" as anyone who places emphasis on skin color. Which is why I don't support UNCF, NAACP, or the Democrats.
Truth in advertising.
"Is Negro A Bad Word?"
No.
Eons ago in the world of Drafting (aka, before CAD), 'Negro' was a color name of an ink - aka black.
(I HATED 'Inking'. Thankfully I had to do very little of it)
So now we have two “N-words?”
The NAACP should rename themselves the National Association of Angry Colored People.
I’m from Michigan. But, I lived in a tiny rural community in GA for eight years. The African American of Michigan does not always closely resemble one from Georgia. Sometimes it has to do with geography, other times because of social circles, and also is influenced by age.
I know of a wonderful elderly black man, Mr. Thomas. He works at the tiny rural general store that was on our corner. He sees himself as a colored man... that is his world view. But I guarantee that his son sees himself as a black man, or as an African American.
Age does play into this issue. As the older generations leave us, there is a shift in viewpoint. This is just a natural progression of things.
Negro is sort of a 50’s expression, they need to move into the 70’s and call themselves the United Afro-American College Fund, then in twenty years they can call themselves the Black College Fund and then in 20 more years............
“Rearranging the deck chairs?”
.....I think so....in my area the public black colleges are being “integrated” by whites/Asians/Hispanics....the private black ones have money problems....the days of the purely all Negro college are fading....plus people are questioning the need....example: several years ago the need for a University of Washington,DC law school was raised....there are already 90,000 lawyers(not a typo)in Washington plus there are already 5 law schools there cranking out a fresh crop of attorneys every May...so why is another law school needed just for blacks?
I have an idea. Let’s call them “Americans.”
Last I checked KFC still actually fries chicken...
NEGRO is ok... United Negro College Fund!