What would you call them?
Black people and white people? African Americans? Whites and non-whites?
I don't think referring to ethnic groups as blacks and/or whites is particularly racially charged. 'Blackies' maybe. Certainly 'nignogs'
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Huw Edwards #notalljews,
Tue 19 Jan 2016, 16:39,
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not "the blacks"
"black people" != "the blacks" (although "people of color" is what I would use in the US)
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custard,
Tue 19 Jan 2016, 16:51,
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