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**scewLacysmazy** · 09-28-2011, 11:06 PM

I remember back in the day, people used the term "people of colour" as a derogatory term synonymous with "coloured" and as such it meant Africans and Afro mixed people, and maybe also very dark Indians. Now it seems to be a preferred term used in the USA, but it's much more inclusive than the old British term (as I heard it, only in movies and such).

So, people nowadays actually label themselves "person of color" which seems rather weird to me. Maybe it's because the label "white" is much used and accepted in the US, so it's just another weird label for non-white. The problem is that it's colourism (white is as well) which seems to be so important in the USA, unlike elsewhere I know of.

So, what is it exactly?

09-28-2011, 11:06 PM	#1
scewLacysmazy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 465 Senior Member	Person of color - what does it really mean? I remember back in the day, people used the term "people of colour" as a derogatory term synonymous with "coloured" and as such it meant Africans and Afro mixed people, and maybe also very dark Indians. Now it seems to be a preferred term used in the USA, but it's much more inclusive than the old British term (as I heard it, only in movies and such). So, people nowadays actually label themselves "person of color" which seems rather weird to me. Maybe it's because the label "white" is much used and accepted in the US, so it's just another weird label for non-white. The problem is that it's colourism (white is as well) which seems to be so important in the USA, unlike elsewhere I know of. So, what is it exactly?
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