6 Aug
2003
6 Aug
'03
5:13 p.m.
At 01:59 PM 08/06/2003 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote:
Tim May wrote...
"Where did this "of color" nonsense get started?"
Like a lot of PC terms...from guilt-ridden white liberals. Black folks never use this term, as far as I've ever heard. Likewise with "physically challenged". My black karate Sensei used to periodically laugh at the shame and embarassment associated with any speech "coloration"...to the point where some people won't even mention skin color when describing another person.
"Of color" isn't just blacks - it's also Mexicans and other non-whities. I think some of the whiny liberal politicians I've heard use it have been African-Americans of color (as opposed to white immigrants from South Africa or Rhodesia.)