How insulting is Colored (vs. African American)

[DrPhil]

I was more baffled by her use of "PWT."

That reference annoys me, in general, but I thinks it's better for whites to use it than for nonwhites. It's another one of those sayings that should remain intraracial.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I was more baffled by her use of "PWT."

That reference annoys me, in general, but I thinks it's better for whites to use it than for nonwhites. It's another one of those sayings that should remain intraracial.

Well yeah, there's that too. The comment as a whole is just baffling.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

The song actually goes "PYT" - Pretty YOUNG thang.

PWT stands for Poor White Trash.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I was more baffled by her use of "PWT."

That reference annoys me, in general, but I thinks it's better for whites to use it than for nonwhites. It's another one of those sayings that should remain intraracial.

Context clues....

[DrPhil]

That flew over her head.

(It shouldn't have, which makes me wonder about CutiePie2000.)

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

That flew over her head.
(It shouldn't have, which makes me wonder about CutiePie2000.)

I ducked in during work - I didn't have time to read it that closely.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

I ducked in during work - I didn't have time to read it that closely.

Close enough to think that someone thought Michael Jackson was singing about a "pretty white thang."