Could you update me in current politically correct names?

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I don't mean to offend, on the contrary.
For instance, people with different capacities, African-Americans, etc. Thanks in advance!

Thanks for current responses. The thing is that Mexican idisyoncrasy is different to the American one. We tend to be more direct because people not necessarily find it offensive to call someone for what they are. For instance, we call deafs as deafs, blinds as blinds, blondes as blondes, blacks as blacks, fats as fats, and so on. And I understand this is not seen correctly in America, and actually may offend several people, and I wan't to avoid it. For instance, I just found out that it is no longer correct to call Black people as color people (again, no offense!), and I felt bad because I think I used it in my last trip to USA. Also, for instance, in Brittain you call Blacks as Blacks and not as African-Americans. So well, I guess you get the point. Many thanks for your help!

Answer 1

A Politically Correct Lexicon
Your ‘how-to’ guide to avoid offending anyone
By Joel Bleifuss


I think this is helpful for knowing what to call different kinds of people. ;)

For example:

Asian: The correct term to use for anyone of Asian ancestry. When accuracy is desired, nationality of origin is appended to “American,” as in “Korean American.” Sen, who describes herself as South Asian or Indian American, says that there is “some push around not conflating everybody into Asian. This is mostly an issue among new immigrants. If there hasn’t been time for a generation, it seems to be hard to move those folks to the Asian category.”

Chicano: Correct term for people of Mexican ancestry, popularized during the civil rights movement. “We use it to refer to U.S.-born people of Mexican descent,” says Sen. “Mexican American is the more distant, politer thing to say.”

Hir (hirs): Gender neutral for him and her. At Wesleyan University, incoming freshmen are instructed to use gender-neutral pronouns in campus correspondence. As one person wrote on the university’s online Anonymous Confession Board, “I am usually attracted only to people of hir original gender, rather than hir intended gender. As such, I’m afraid that I’m, like, viewing hir wrong, or not respecting hir wishes or something.”

Hispanic: “We never use Hispanic,” says Sen. “It privileges the European roots of the identity of Mexicans born in the United States.” Hispanic, however, is the preferred term of people in the Southwest whose families are descendents of Spanish colonists.

Indian: The preferred term for Native Americans. “Indians either use their specific tribal name or use Indian,” says Sen. “You use the qualifier American when you need to distinguish from Indian Indians.”

Latino: (Capital “L,” with “a” or “o” at the end used to connote gender.) Politically correct term for those from Spanish or Portuguese speaking cultures. “We use it instead of Hispanic when we want to refer to many different national groups where there has been an indigenous-European mix,” says Sen.

Native American: Some Indians object to the term, seeing it as a way to linguistically eradicate “Indian” and thus the history of their oppression by whites. “I almost always hear Native American, and in the more enlightened conversations there is usually ‘indigenous’ thrown in there somewhere,” says Lott. Sen says, “Native American seems to be a more distant construction, developed by academics.”

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Forget political correctness. Use common sense. That's all it takes.

I'm sure if you call someone handicapped, disabled etc. they won't get offended, but if you call them a cripple they might.

I prefer Black, but call me African American if that's what you've been taught. Call me a jiggaboo or the n word, and that's a bit offensive.

Common sense.

Answer 4

Don't do too much calling, that is what mostly causes offense. Talk to people like humans and things will go okay. I mean if you say, "Hey you , black guy" or "Hey, Indian" you will probably offend. How about "Hey buddy" or dude or sir, gulp.

Answer 5

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