politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
Colored is certainly not en vogue, but it's not an unused word.
You could say the same about the N word.
The N word has a lot more implied in its use. I'd say it's more in line with the Spanish word for black, whose implications are mostly derived from historical racial "science" than hate. So its use is far more likely because of older sensibilities, but is not in itself proof of hate.
"removed" only makes white people uncomfortable. We removeds use it as a term of endearment.
I've been told many times that hearing it from a white person is very unpleasant for many black people. Maybe it doesn't bother you, but I kind of doubt you speak for a majority of black people, so I'll keep trying to err on the side of not offending people. I know I don't like being called a racial slur, even though all the ones for white people are very tame and lack any serious historical baggage.
It's not the word that makes it unpleasant, white moderate.
Fuck off.
Not only am I black, I've a handful of degrees and a PhD, a couple of firearms, and lots of money I took from your retirement and donated to others like me with far less education. Neolibs are more afraid than MAGA.
No one asked lol
Yeah, I get it. You look down on me and presume to know my politics purely because I'm white. I, OTOH, look down on you because you've gone out of your way to be an asshole.
I’d say it’s an archaic term that is definitely offensive when not used in an ironic (e.g. ‘many Republicans don’t like it when the women and “colored folk” have… opinions’) sense.
I think it's not PC because it essentially creates two buckets, white and colored, but it's only as offensive as the case it is used. You can make any adjective a pejorative with enough venom behind it.
In South Africa it's pretty normal; very weird the first few times I heard it though.
Ah yes, South Africa, bastion of non racist glory! No one uses the word colored in a non racist context in North America. Brian Kilmeade is from New York.
The first word out of this dudes mouth to describe a group of black women being addressed by another black woman was by referring to them as colored. That's called showing your ass, he just showed us his slimy little racist ass.
Pretty much the only time you can say it without being racist in the US is saying the full name of the NAACP.
Thank you!!! And when was the NAACP formed. During segregation, where that word takes all it's American context.
People refer to themselves as it there. I did find it odd originally, it's not to do with racism though.
It has a very specific meaning in South Africa that doesn't apply anywhere else
I know, that's why I brought it up.