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Old 07-01-2009, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by tld221 View Post
i feel like, at 83, "colored" is what was used growing up. i mean, "colored" is probably better than other terms he heard coming up.

if someone called me colored... they would get the blankest stare. its up there with calling an Asian "oriental."
that's what they're called in Europe. "Asian" over there refers to some one from central part of Asia.

/hijack
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