# Why are non-Caucasians called "people of color"? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 25, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255 "2007-06-25T00:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/21 "2007-06-25T01:55:11Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] And what of the Jews?! :dubious: Are they ‘people of color’ or ‘Caucasian?’ 😕 OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY??? :eek: [/QUOTE] They are “people of wealth.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/22 "2007-06-25T02:01:51Z")
Well, I think I found today’s reason to drink… ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/23 "2007-06-25T02:03:29Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] Why are non-Neocons called “Liberals”? Personally, I think it’s because it serves as a clever tool to aid in polarizing all non-Bushites against “Dubya.” And the purpose of that is, of course, to over the course of time remove Neocons from all places of power and presitige. It’s a game of ‘King of the Hill’ as I see it, with jealousy being the driving force behind it. I mean, Why else would so many Neocons go out of their way to inculcate the collective American psyche with this BS phrase, as clearly we can all see that non-Neocons are, technically speaking, uniform due to being pretty much of one opinion or perspective (and God bless 'em for it, as there’s nothing wrong with being uniform, nothing at all 🆒 ). So how 'bout it, Neocons, would you care to step up to the plate and gimee your answers as to why you must insist that most Americans are supposedly “Liberals”? :eek: P.S. Ans let’s see if we can let the shit fly (so as to get to the truth) without having too much profanity laced in, okay? 😛 [/QUOTE] wot is nnon-noecons?!? ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/24 "2007-06-25T02:03:30Z")
I blame TED KOPPEL!!!111!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/25 "2007-06-25T02:09:22Z")
[QUOTE=GuyNblueJeans] P.S. Ans let’s see if we can let the shit fly (so as to get to the truth) without having too much profanity laced in, okay? 😛 [/QUOTE] What the fuck are you babbling about? Liberals are in a conspiracy to polarize the races, and remove Caucasian people from positions of power? Are you out of your god damned mind? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/26 "2007-06-25T02:13:32Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] Are you out of your god damned mind? [/QUOTE] **GuyNblueJeans** has a mind? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/27 "2007-06-25T02:20:11Z")
> [@](#): > > by CarlanK \* wot is nnon-noecons?!? \* Neocons = Neoconservatism (Neo = New) The new conservative I think they are liberals leaning to the right. But, ICBW. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/28 "2007-06-25T02:26:20Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] **GuyNblueJeans** has a mind? [/QUOTE] It’s a terrible thing: a waste. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/29 "2007-06-25T02:27:14Z")
**TrollNblueJeans** is doing his usual giant dump of a post, railing against the evil librul cabal trying to keep the white man down. Shame, too, because it’s actually an interesting question, and one I’d participate in if a) it wasn’t in the Pit and b) you-know-who didn’t start it. Points off for leaving out the Ted Koppel taunts. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/30 "2007-06-25T02:35:49Z")
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] **TrollNblueJeans** is doing his usual giant dump of a post, railing against the evil librul cabal trying to keep the white man down. Shame, too, because it’s actually an interesting question, and one I’d participate in if a) it wasn’t in the Pit and b) you-know-who didn’t start it. Points off for leaving out the Ted Koppel taunts. ☹ [/QUOTE] That’s on purpose, right… what is the significance of spelling “liberal” with a ‘u’ and lack of ‘e’? ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/31 "2007-06-25T02:37:39Z")
Guess I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/32 "2007-06-25T02:39:14Z")
[QUOTE=askeptic] Boy are you wrong. [(from wiki)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism_(United_States)) Not about neo, but about liberals leaning right. [/QUOTE] He probably means **Liberal** s in the classical sense. eta:maybe that 5 min edit window IS getting abused… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/33 "2007-06-25T02:46:16Z")
Silly me. I honestly expected a serious Pit thread, but then I started reading, realized who started the thread and what kind of responses would be forthcoming. Sure Enough. Unfortunately, I hear the term on a fairly regular basis, working as I do for an extremely liberal Liberal Arts college in a liberal state. I hate it. It’s a racist term that divides the world into two camps. White People, and Everyone Else. The only people I can figure who would like it are either white people who don’t want to offend, but really are racist; or people who hate white people and want to lump everyone else with them in a dogpile on those nasty white people. But oh well, I return you to your regularly scheduled dump on the nutcase. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/34 "2007-06-25T02:47:05Z")
[QUOTE=GuyNblueJeans] as clearly we can all see that non-Caucasians are, technically speaking, monochromatic due to being pretty much of one shade or color (and God bless 'em for it, as there’s nothing wrong with being mono, nothing at all 🆒 ). [/QUOTE] And you know this because… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/35 "2007-06-25T02:47:28Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] And what of the Jews?! [/QUOTE] Maybe ya’ll can help me out here. Ever since I converted to Judaism, I’ve been wondering if I’m still a White Guy-Not wanting to be removed from power and prestige and whatnot. The KKK apparently doesn’t believe me to be a WG any longer, but what about the rest of the Neo-Cons? ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/36 "2007-06-25T03:02:42Z")
[QUOTE=GuyNblueJeans] So how 'bout it, Liberals, would you care to step up to the plate and gimee your answers as to why you must insist that monocromatics are supposedly “people of color”? :eek: [/QUOTE] I figured you would know. It is so we can keep them separate from the BEAUTIFUL CAUCASIANS. ---
**Author:** ![GuyNblueJeans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GuyNblueJeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuyNblueJeans)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/37 "2007-06-25T03:03:24Z")
I wanted at least 50 of you dirty, lying two-faced Liberals to debate with, as 32 hardly seems fair. Oh well, I guess it’s just not your lucky scumbag day, asswipes! Once, while channel surfing the TV, I stumbled upon Oprah Winfrey addressing her audience of Liberal dolts. I actually heard her say, with regard to where she’d made it in life, “People of color have to do the job 10 times better than others in order to get the same credit”! What a laugh! Why didn’t she be less coy about it and say Caucasians get 10 times more credit for doing good work than other races in this country? Phony scum!! I couldn’t believe it. All those jackasses in the audience just sat there as the overrated, fat slob, nothing-of-a-talk-show-host moved on without anyone taking issue with her spitting in their faces like that! I thought for sure that the brilliant, smooth talking Ted Koppel would get wind of her racism and invite the phony pig on his Nightline show and ask her where she gets off making a statement like that. But of course, I didn’t really think he would … as why would a Liberal go after another Liberal for shitting on Caucasians like that? After all, it’s not the Liberal way to be “fair and balanced” now is it?! So many double standards, and it just sickens me that the Liberals hold so much control in the TV and print mediums … spreading lies and half truths 24/7 here there and everywhere. It’s no wonder that the country is going down the drain! Scum! Everyone of them and you – the scum of the scum!! ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/38 "2007-06-25T03:16:14Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] He probably means **Liberal** s in the classical sense. eta:maybe that 5 min edit window IS getting abused… [/QUOTE] It is not like I left it blank, I copped to being wrong. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/39 "2007-06-25T03:20:01Z")
[QUOTE=GuyNblueJeans] I Scum! Everyone of them and you – the scum of the scum!! [/QUOTE] But am I a White Guy? ---
**Author:** ![GuyNblueJeans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GuyNblueJeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuyNblueJeans)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255/40 "2007-06-25T03:25:26Z")
[QUOTE=Chimera] The only people I can figure who would like it are either white people who don’t want to offend, but really are racist; Classic Liberal thinking. _belch_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-non-caucasians-called-people-of-color/409255.md?page=3)