# News Anchor is fired for referring to Kamala Harris as colored in news promo **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775 "2020-08-22T20:45:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/21 "2020-08-22T21:26:04Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The term Colored was in my junior high US American History textbooks in the early 70’s.[…] > That wasn’t exactly ancient times. That was two generations ago. And your “ignorance” isn’t that studio’s problem. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/22 "2020-08-22T21:27:11Z")
Of course they have changed. I already said my books in college were updated to African-American. I’ve considered colored obsolete since then. I don’t use that term anymore. Racist? I hadn’t really seen it discussed anywhere. I haven’t seen it used in decades. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/23 "2020-08-22T21:30:17Z")
Never mind, discourse messed up the post. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/24 "2020-08-22T21:32:30Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Might be a case of “person of color” vs. “colored person.” The meaning is different, but **people can easily get confused**. I find this statement preposterous. Sometimes it seems like you grasp at straws to explain why something might be the way it is without considering the likelihood of it actually being so. “Colored” has been shockingly wrong for at least 50 years. Only a moron would mix it up with “person of color”. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/25 "2020-08-22T21:33:47Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I had never heard that the word had transitioned from obsolete to racist. It’s not so much outright racist as it is dismissive or disrespectful. Jesus. We’re talking about basic respect. How the hell is it complicated??? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/26 "2020-08-22T21:34:48Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Of course they have changed. I already said my books in college were updated to African-American. > > I’ve considered colored obsolete since then. I don’t use that term anymore. > > Racist? I hadn’t really seen it discussed anywhere. I haven’t seen it used in decades I haven’t seen “pickaninny” (sp?) used in a long time, either. Should we give it a pass if a newscaster forgets? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/27 "2020-08-22T21:34:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Because it was on it’s way out when he was born, if not earlier? I was born in the midwest in 1950. It was out by the time I reached the age of reason. It was clear then that insult was intended by using it. He damn well what he was doing. He was hoping to get away with it. His bluff was called. He bought his ticket and took his chance. He lost. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/28 "2020-08-22T21:36:51Z")
Omg, this was in CLEVELAND? I thought it was going to be in some backwoods town that time forgot. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/29 "2020-08-22T21:37:50Z")
Well, the board has spoken. The guy deserves to be slapped down and fired. I’m fine with that. I don’t have any big stake in this. It’s hard keeping up with cancel culture these days. That’s the point of the thread. Find out how others feel about current topics. The only way to find out is to ask in IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/30 "2020-08-22T21:40:11Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > We’re talking about basic respect. How the hell is it complicated??? > [@aceplace57](#): > > It’s hard keeping up with cancel culture these days. It’s only hard if, you know… nevermind. “Cancel culture” What a modern term! From the guy who lost touch with “Colored” because it was used in the early 70s. Give me a motherfucking break. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/31 "2020-08-22T21:42:50Z")
How am I supposed to know it’s now considered racist? This is the first time I’ve seen the term used publicly in decades. Obsolete words usually just die and fade away. You don’t even think about them anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/32 "2020-08-22T22:07:40Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Might be a case of “person of color” vs. “colored person.” The meaning is different, but people can easily get confused. That’s _maybe_ plausible if he was trying to say “person of color”, and it got tangled up in his mind and came out “colored person”. But he wasn’t. What he said was, “The U.S. officially has its first colored vice presidential candidate.” That’s not a slip of the tongue. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/33 "2020-08-22T22:10:33Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > How am I supposed to know it’s now considered racist? This is the first time I’ve seen the term used publicly in decades. > > Obsolete words usually just die and fade away. You don’t even think about them anymore So if someone said to you, “Hey, look at that colored guy”, it wouldn’t hit you as racist? Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/34 "2020-08-22T22:15:22Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > This is the first time I’ve seen the term used publicly in decades. That’s a hint. Whether it is full blown racist, just disrespectful or merely ignorant depends on the context. 26 years old? He didn’t grow up using that term. If he was raised in a barn by two homeschooling catastrophists preparing for the end times he might get away with ignorant. But all evidence points to another conclusion… ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/35 "2020-08-22T22:23:55Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > How am I supposed to know it’s now considered racist? [/quote] > > Really? > > > [@](#): > > > > This is the first time I’ve seen the term used publicly in decades. > > That’s how. > > [Quote]Obsolete words usually just die and fade away. You don’t even think about them anymore. And why do you think they die? Edit, I borked up the quotes. Yarrr, I don’t know what I’m doin’ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/36 "2020-08-22T22:33:33Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Edit, I borked up the quotes. Yarrr, I don’t know what I’m doin’ What is this, Post Like A Pirate Day? 🏴‍☠️ ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/37 "2020-08-22T22:51:23Z")
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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/38 "2020-08-22T22:53:43Z")
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**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/39 "2020-08-22T23:28:40Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Why does being 26 make it intentional? It’s a pretty old fashioned phrase. Because he would only ever have been exposed to it in the context of it as a slur or jab or not current or however you want to characterize it. He wanted to find out what would happen and he did. Prolly figures he has a safety net waiting and he’s prolly correct. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-is-fired-for-referring-to-kamala-harris-as-colored-in-news-promo/918775/40 "2020-08-22T23:52:50Z")
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