Alas, I’ll wager that a great many blacks in America aren’t Africans, using the same logic as Mr. Elba, yet I think African-American is still a non-offensive descriptor here.
I wonder what the rest of the world makes of our contorted machinations over describing one’s race?
Every five years? As several people have pointed out, the term colored stopped being acceptable over five decades ago.
And dry your crocodile tears. The reality is black people know a lot more about anti-black racism than white people do; they experience it.
Don’t move the goalposts. We’re not talking about the terms black and African American; both of which are widely accepted. The topic is the term colored - which is long outdated. Unless you’re over ninety, nobody can claim they’re using colored in good faith.
Colored is perfectly acceptable. It’s just a bit archaic. A few people’s opinion on a message board of perhaps 100 active members is in no way binding.
From the Wikipedia
“The term lives on in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, generally called NAACP.[1] In 2008 Carla Sims, its communications director, said “the term ‘colored’ is not derogatory, [the NAACP] chose the word ‘colored’ because it was the most positive description commonly used [in 1909, when the association was founded]. It’s outdated and antiquated but not offensive.”[10] There has not been a movement to change the name of the organization.”
Not that anyone needs permission but there you have it.
It’s annoying when white social justice warriors know better than black people, what black people are offended by.
So? Be annoyed all you wish that others think opinions matter regardless of race.
And I’m sure you took a scientific poll of black people and know what you speak of.
Better than your average control freak passive aggressive SJW, I’d imagine.
Control freak? Projecting much? I don’t care what words people use. You seem to.
Please cite your source on level of offensiveness. I’ve provided one that backs my point of view.
I’m not moving the goalposts; they move of their own accord, and that’s the entire reason for the thread; the terms du jour have changed, and not everyone has caught up or cares to catch up.
FWIW, my grandmother still uses ‘colored’ in good faith (she’s 93). People younger than her still lapse into ‘negro’ from time to time without meaning offense due to age related reasons. Hell, even now there’s a divide between african american vs black, and I don’t have a clue when either is appropriate or inappropriate.
Ultimately, it’s going to take a degree of understanding and tolerance on both sides- one side being pig-headed and insisting on calling the other group by a term they don’t like is bad, just as that same side expecting people to clairvoyantly use their term of choice, or really, to expect people to be all that concerned about terminology, instead of trying to gauge their intent.
Who made up these rules?
Who took a poll and found out that Blacks find “colored” offensive?
A lot of people dont like being called “cis”, and why should they, since it’s a pejorative?
No, since people will then correct posts or speech by saying "You know, they don’t like “Hearing impaired” anymore you should use “deaf.”
Being informed by who, as a speaker for everyone of that group? Who elected them?
Exactly.
Because they’re wrong about it being a pejorative. How’s that.
I would imagine Charlize Theron doesn’t, either.
And who decides that?
The people using the word. Because that’s what pejorative means.
Of course it’s pejorative, when used pejoratively. Like any other word. We know it when we hear it. The person being labeled gets to decide whether the label is offensive, unless the SJWs tell us it’s not, because they’re in charge. Even when they aren’t us.
This SJW bullshit is incredibly stupid and makes you sound stupid. You want to shadowbox with the ghosts you’ve conjured in your head instead of actually talking about actual things in the actual world, go for it. Godspeed.
Yes, a word is pejorative when it is used pejoratively. Raise your hand if you’ve ever used “cisgender” in a sentence that wasn’t about the word “cisgender.”
Oops! You’re all disqualified.
It makes for a filler column when the columnist who writes about language is having a lazy day.