My darling mother, bless her liberal socks,
never quite caught up with the latest term for 'African-English'. When she was a pickney 'black' was bad so you said 'coloured' because 'they're often more of a brown, aren't they?' Then the Black Power movement fucked that up and she's been a bit stumped ever since.

She once told me she'd seen 'a gorgeous negro in the high street'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 21:13, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Surely it's just black?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 21:42, Reply)

It is now.
But in the past that was an insult.
( girlinthehole, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 21:45, Reply)

strange
I can see how it would be a minefield.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 21:47, Reply)

You racist.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 21:55, Reply)

Now it is, sure.
But before 'Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud' etc., it was taken as derogatory. The Black Power chaps reclaimed it, like the benders did with 'queer'.

But only few years ago people started saying 'people of colour' in the US, just to add to the PC minefield.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 21:48, Reply)

I'd have thought
'people of colour' was offensive now :S

Though I still don't get 'African-Americans' it seems un-necessarily divisive
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 21:50, Reply)

Halle Berry used it (people of 'color')
at some shitty fucking awards ceremony, I recall.

It's hard to keep up, especially if you're the kind of chap who calls a spade a spade, what?

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 21:57, Reply)

names are sufficient
*had that beaten in*
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 22:08, Reply)