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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:00 AM Original message |
"person of color" really bugs the hell out of me |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Would that make you a "person of annoyance"? |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Not the first time I've been told that |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. All I know is I love my Black President |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I'm a fan of the president |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. It is sometimes considered to be more PC than "black". |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. It is not exclusive to blacks. It means 'non-white'. It could be black, brown, red, yellow....nt |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. I haven't heard that since college. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Results 1 - 10 of about 12,400 from democraticunderground.com for person of color |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. And I've almost never heard a "person of color" refer to themselves that way |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I hear it a lot in social services contexts |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Yes, good observations. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. It's used a lot in think-tank-speech |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. "Colored" is a common term still used by older people in their 70s or 80s. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. . |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yup... it ain't easy being.... |
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jeddie80 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. Colored person" is totally off limits |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. There was a great old Bloom County on that |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
59. Hello. |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. "colored" rings of segregation too much |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. I'd rather be called "a person of color" than a nikka, colored person, nigress. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. It's the focusing on the person, rather than the description |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I'm talking more about the academics, or more likely, the people on TV |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. I have met more than one actual person - |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
66. I much prefer "Person who is homeless" or "People who are homeless" |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
16. As opposed to persons of non-color, or off-color, or anti-color maybe? |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Hey - white folks aren't the only ones who're bigots. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Ya don't say! |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Not one bit. Just stating the facts. nt |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. And obviously missing the snark that was intended |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Oooh... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
19. Compare "disabled person" vs. "person with a disability" |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. +1... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Well, in contrast, I PREFER to be called an "autistic person" rather than a "person with autism". |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
25. I never thought that "person of color" referred to a person who was |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Yes. Anyone who is not specifically white. nt |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
26. People of color doesn't apply to just black people |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
28. as a "person of color" myself, I agree |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
29. It may be semantics to you, but linguisticly, they are different... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. It's a common phrase that people understand. When the next phrase is developed, we'll use that one |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. That's basically how my African mother explained it. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. But 'African-American' makes cultural assumptions that don't quite work now that |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. But that's my point in defining oneself without the baggage |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I agree! |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. I personally find 'African American' to be a rather absurd term. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
36. Maybe it's just my literal thinking, but IMO the label just seems stupid. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
37. It's still acceptable -but only if you're referring to Boehner. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
39. I have heard the phrase used many, many times by |
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musicblind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
40. I can't wait until we're eventually just all one race. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
63. Race is regional adaptation. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
41. Why do we need to have any labels? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. My first thought as well. nt |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
44. I'll stick with 'person' |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
47. And the Term "Little Person" Bugs the Hell Out Of Me |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Yep, If I had Dwarfism I'd PREFER to be called a dwarf because of the fantasy connotations. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Person of size is the accepted nomenclature |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
48. I have used that phrase when I'm not referring to a specific race. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
49. POC is the preferred collective term used in the anti-racist blogosphere. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. I've always hated that term. |
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Naturalist111 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
53. Does that mean all the rest are transparent? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
54. I refer to people who are very heavy, or light, or tall, or short as "persons of size" |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. But...do they matter? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I have it on good authority that some of them have no reason to live |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Or even worse, no excuse! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
61. I'm nice and pink with a few liver spots, moles, birth marks, and blue veins. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
62. I am a person of absolutely no color. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
65. When I hear that phrase, I think of that green woman in a Star Trek episode |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
67. "Person of color" tends to be used by very PCish people |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. "PC" tends to be used by rightwingers irritated that they can't say whatever the hell they please. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
68. If not a person of color, why do you care about the term at all? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. You are seriously saying that white people can't be involved in "fighting" black people's battles? |
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Rage Inc. (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
69. Hey! I'M a person of color! |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
70. i'm olive and get good and brown in the summer, and |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
73. It's a term that covers non-whites of different backgrounds |
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