"*****" and "colored" used to be polite words. Blacks used them all the time and that's what they called each other. Whites used those words when they wanted to be polite, it was like say "African-American". Those were the polite words but it was rude to say "black". But all of a sudden in the 70's people randomly decided those words were bad and were like "Let's start using African-American instead and yell at anyone who uses any other term". So I'm confused. Why are these bad words? I'm black and neither my parents or grandparents or anyone in my family understand why they're bad words either. My granparents used "*****" and "colored" all the time. I don't get it. They're not bad words. I think people have "*****" confused with a certain other N-word which is the bad one.
2007-04-18 13:15:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The group referred to gets to decide how they want to be referred to. This can, and does, change at any time.
One can clear up any misunderstanding about such terms when they ask, and then most importantly, listen.
2007-04-19 04:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Same reason I don't want to called white.
I'm Irish-American, but I live in Los Angeles, so I accept being white.
Colored makes me want to ask "what color?"
Actually it might be really cool if we described people by they're color; pink, peach, tan, coffee, capiccino, desert sand, fair w/freckles, yellow sunset, orange tea...
Seriously, black or white is a label; ethnic background is more of a description of culture.
Maybe someday all words that lump people together will be unacceptable.
2007-04-22 15:38:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 20:48:12 · answer #3 · answered by paskell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah yeah... We filipinos are brown in color.. We call it "kayumanggi" in the vernacular.. And I don't wanna be called brown.. Sounds bad.. He he he.
2007-04-22 16:21:39 · answer #4 · answered by eNgLish wiZaRd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋