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It's HK-47 said:
I have gotten into some outright fucking autistic arguments with people from my previous friend group over the term, "people of colour." They're just calling them coloured people. It's the same fucking thing, it's not any better or any different, they just switched the fucking words around but they refuse to hear it. If I said, "coloured people" they would lose their goddamned minds and in at least one case take a swing at me but if I said, "people of colour" then VICE shows up to give me a dick-shaped medal that I assume I'm supposed to shove up my ass for their latest news article.

I seriously do not fucking understand the difference. It's like insisting that I can't call an Asian man a 'rice picker' but if I call him a 'picker of rice' I'm being politically sensitive and a good ally. I don't fucking get it.
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No you see by calling them “people of color” your emphasizing their personhood first.

You know, right before you reduce their individuality down to what their skin looks like by finishing the phrase.

I kind of want to start exclusively using the phrase “non-white” just to really fuck with them.
 
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It's HK-47 said:
I have gotten into some outright fucking autistic arguments with people from my previous friend group over the term, "people of colour." They're just calling them coloured people. It's the same fucking thing, it's not any better or any different, they just switched the fucking words around but they refuse to hear it. If I said, "coloured people" they would lose their goddamned minds and in at least one case take a swing at me but if I said, "people of colour" then VICE shows up to give me a dick-shaped medal that I assume I'm supposed to shove up my ass for their latest news article.
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I have touched on the term before, and why it bothers me.

"Person of color" is just "colored person" rearranged. When I hear people advocating for "safe spaces" for "persons of color", this is what I'm reminded of:

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Yes, signs like this existed during segregation. How did we go back to terms like this in the 21st century? It was used as the same context as "nigger" or "Negro", to demean somebody because of their skin color.

And yes, I mentioned "Negro" based on the Roger Stone interview where he referred to a Black person as a "Negro" on the radio. I have as much right and reason to be offended with "person of color" as the N-word.
 
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Tour of Italy said:
No you see by calling them “people of color” your emphasizing their personhood first.

You know, right before you reduce their individuality down to what their skin looks like by finishing the phrase.

I kind of want to start exclusively using the phrase “non-white” just to really fuck with them.
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People of color always bothered me because the emphasis really is on color and not people. Colored person makes is sound like you are talking about a person who happens to be colored because you are trying to be a bit more specific in your description. Person of color makes it sound like the person no longer qualifies to be a person because they colored as if its a disability or something.

It happens when you do it with other descriptors too.
Tall Man becomes man of height. Fat man becomes man of size. Its like they are freakshow attractions and forces you to focus on that feature.
 
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No you guys don't get it.

"Coloured person" is bad because it has connotations of racism, segregation, and Jim Crow.

"Person of color" is good because it is a neutral descriptor of a nonwhite human being, and enjoys approval from the "top", i.e. academia, the media, high-ranking Democrat politicians, the funders of all these leftist causes, etc.
 
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Iwasamwillbe said:
No you guys don't get it.

"Coloured person" is bad because it has connotations of racism, segregation, and Jim Crow.

"Person of color" is good because it is a neutral descriptor of a nonwhite human being, and enjoys approval from the "top", i.e. academia, the media, high-ranking Democrat politicians, the funders of all these leftist causes, etc.
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You could even make the connection that one is "low-brow", the other is "high-brow" or "high society", although they have similar meaning and intent.

Like somebody calls you an idiot, then somebody next to you says you're just "less intelligent" or "primitive." You're being insulted either way, one is just more "classy."

Again, I still feel that sting and utter arrogance from either term.
 
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The Last Stand said:
You could even make the connection that one is "low-brow", the other is "high-brow" or "high society", although they have similar meaning and intent.

Like somebody calls you an idiot, then somebody next to you says you're just "less intelligent" or "primitive." You're being insulted either way, one is just more "classy."

Again, I still feel that sting and utter arrogance from either term.
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The first mistake they make is attempting to classify people by their outward appearances and/or racial groups.

You talk to Anthony because you want to talk to Anthony. You hang out with Melissa because you want to hang out with Melissa. You don't do it to get points or some other dumbfuck selfish reason, outside of the acceptably selfish reasons of trying to enrich your life with the pleasure of company.
 
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Iwasamwillbe said:
I wonder exactly how much fraud we'll be seeing the Democrats doing during the upcoming election season, and more importantly, how Trump and the Republicans respond to it.
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I think that's part of the reason they're reviving the whole "Trump won't accept the results of the election" meme. They plan to cheat blatantly and flagrantly, and when called on it just sneer "Well we were right about you not accepting the results, huh fashy?"
 
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The Last Stand said:
I have touched on the term before, and why it bothers me.

"Person of color" is just "colored person" rearranged. When I hear people advocating for "safe spaces" for "persons of color", this is what I'm reminded of:

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Yes, signs like this existed during segregation. How did we go back to terms like this in the 21st century? It was used as the same context as "nigger" or "Negro", to demean somebody because of their skin color.

And yes, I mentioned "Negro" based on the Roger Stone interview where he referred to a Black person as a "Negro" on the radio. I have as much right and reason to be offended with "person of color" as the N-word.
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The firsthand knowledge of this stuff is dying off, so it's getting a hell of a lot easier to blow the details out of proportion, whether accidentally or "accidentally". You can see the same behavior most easily with, say, the current perception of Nazis in proportion with how few veterans from World War 2 are still alive - as usual, it's just turning into a hilariously sad game of telephone.

Give it, say, three more generations at most, and I'm (sadly) willing to bet eugenics will come back into vogue, because none of these idiots will really cotton on to just how poorly it went the last time.
 
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Mooger Meng said:
The firsthand knowledge of this stuff is dying off, so it's getting a hell of a lot easier to blow the details out of proportion, whether accidentally or "accidentally". You can see the same behavior most easily with, say, the current perception of Nazis in proportion with how few veterans from World War 2 are still alive - as usual, it's just turning into a hilariously sad game of telephone.

Give it, say, three more generations at most, and I'm (sadly) willing to bet eugenics will come back into vogue, because none of these idiots will really cotton on to just how poorly it went the last time.
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No, it'll go better because they're the ones purging the wrongthink.
 
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