How insulting is Colored (vs. African American)

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I have a co-worker who prefers to be referred to as a "woman of color" than as an African American.

I always wonder about those African Americans who have no family ties to Africa? I mean I guess back down the line it's possible, but I seriously wonder and I'm not being stupid. I've heard of black people who didn't like being referred to as African American because they weren't from Africa. Are black people from Canada referred to as African Canadian? This is an honest question.

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

I hate cracka @ss crackas named madmax.

How's that?

Please don't use that word. Madmax is a huge dumbass but you using the word "cracka" as a derogatory word towards a white person doesn't make you any better.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Please don't use that word. Madmax is a huge dumbass but you using the word "cracka" as a derogatory word towards a white person doesn't make you any better.

HAHAHAHA.....wow!!!


You may want to stay out of this one....

remember this:

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I do too. Because why is it necessary to wear a shirt, in Arabic that many people cannot understand, that says "We will not be silent". Who is "we" and why won't you "be silent"? What is the silence about? That shit just makes people nervous and I'm sorry, call me racist but if I was at an airport and saw someone, whatever they look like Arab or not, wearing this shirt I'd be nervous.

[I.A.S.K.]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I always wonder about those African Americans who have no family ties to Africa? I mean I guess back down the line it's possible, but I seriously wonder and I'm not being stupid. I've heard of black people who didn't like being referred to as African American because they weren't from Africa. Are black people from Canada referred to as African Canadian? This is an honest question.

Please don't use that word. Madmax is a huge dumbass but you using the word "cracka" as a derogatory word towards a white person doesn't make you any better.

Is this the joke of the day?
Yet, I think you might actually be serious. Are you?

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by I.A.S.K.

Is this the joke of the day?
Yet, I think you might actually be serious. Are you?

well she said she wasn't being stupid.....so....uuuh...

[I.A.S.K.]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

well she said she wasn't being stupid.....so....uuuh...

Well, she should have said that she didn't THINK she was being stupid.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by I.A.S.K.

Well, she should have said that she didn't THINK

Fixed.

[AOII_LB93]

Originally Posted by madmax

Who is the dumbass now?

Consensus of this thread? Still you.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

I use the word colored with my friends pretty often when referring to us as a group or something like that. (They are mostly Hispanic.)

I would not mind if an older person or most other people using it in a non-offensive way referred to me as colored. I am colored. I am Black. I am American. I am Jamaican. What I don't like, is the term African-American. I will correct someone on that.

[madmax]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

I use the word colored with my friends pretty often when referring to us as a group or something like that. (They are mostly Hispanic.)

I would not mind if an older person or most other people using it in a non-offensive way referred to me as colored. I am colored. I am Black. I am American. I am Jamaican. What I don't like, is the term African-American. I will correct someone on that.

So far we have some black people that prefer the term African American and some that do not. We also have some that don't mind the term colored and others that get all uppity if they hear the term colored. Why bother trying to be pc?

[starang21]

Originally Posted by madmax

Why bother trying to be pc?

for a social experiment, use the word colored in a predominantly black neighborhood. you might get the answer you're looking for.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by starang21

for a social experiment, use the word colored in a predominantly black neighborhood. you might get the answer you're looking for.

Yep.

madmax's e-courage is hilarious.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Since we don't know him/her, we don't know what he/she would do.

Madmax could be an 80 yo woman with time on her hands. Either case, why does GC keep acknowledging madmax's existence? It's no longer shocking or unpredictable.

Eh, something to do :shrug:

I'd rather read this garbage than a brutally honest recruitment thread

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Eh, something to do :shrug:

I'd rather read this garbage than a brutally honest recruitment thread

If you are that bored, go play tetris.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Originally Posted by madmax

So far we have some black people that prefer the term African American and some that do not. We also have some that don't mind the term colored and others that get all uppity if they hear the term colored. Why bother trying to be pc?

Sweetie, not all black people are Af.-Am. I know it's hard to wrap your head around it. I know it's difficult because you maybe can't tell the difference and don't understand why it's important for all people to be able to identify themselves as they see fit. However, that's what makes us unique and makes us people. It's true of everyone on this earth. At the end of the day we are not a collective. We self-define. There is no one-size-fits-all.

[madmax]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

Sweetie, not all black people are Af.-Am. I know it's hard to wrap your head around it. I know it's difficult because you maybe can't tell the difference and don't understand why it's important for all people to be able to identify themselves as they see fit. However, that's what makes us unique and makes us people. It's true of everyone on this earth. At the end of the day we are not a collective. We self-define. There is no one-size-fits-all.

No chit. I didn't flunk the firefighters exam.