Black people, brown people, coloured people, what's the big deal?
Yesterday we had Benedict Cumberbatch having to apologise for using the term "coloured" when referring to black people. On the BBC TV News this morning Tiger Woods, talking about having to blend in with other people at a ski resort, referred to himself as "brown".
It seems to be that non-black people have to use the term "black" but black people can call themselves what they like.
It's all very confusing :banghead:
Why not just the word people, is there a real need to specify black, yellow or Green?
I never felt that I had to but then I am strange :shrug:
Well it sort of helps to identify who you're talking about, really.
So when you are talking about white people do you really used the word white?
You mean like you did in that sentence to specify who you were talking about?
If I'm talking about them as a homogenous group in such a way to distinguish them from people of
other colours, yes.
Which leads me to ask what you do in such a situation? If you were trying to describe a black person to someone who'd never met them and had to distinguish them from a crowd that was mostly white, how would you describe them?
We are discussing the subject and not talking about people out in the street etc. you know there is
a difference but if it makes feel better to think otherwise then fine.
The old ones are the best.
Nic. What do you see here?
There has been a complete u-turn regarding this
When I was at secondary school (20+ years ago) pupils were told to use the term coloured when describing anyone of an ethnic minority. Using the term black was a no-no as it singled out a particular minority from other minorities.
Now it's deemed offensive to use the term coloured when referring to black people so why the change?
I am utterly unable to discern your point, actually. You seemed to be suggesting that you did not
use skin colour as a way of describing people.
Which was clearly *******s.
black is absolute, while colored is relative, mongrel. this, I suspect, is why one wouldnt want to
I'm slightly worried he's seen green people :twilightzone:
It isn't bollocks, it may be for you because of the way you think and let me give you an example
I am in a restaurant with friends and we noticed a group of three people standing outside of three different colours
If I need to refer to one of them I would use a term such as 'the person on the left or right etc. I wouldn't say the black / yellow etc. person
Sorry, should have said Martians, or should that be Extra-terrestrials
There is no such thing as green people Nic.
Only on television, even then not real.
We are the world, we are the children
To which any sane person would immediately say 'What? You mean the black guy/girl?'
Because, you see, that's the single easiest way of distinguishing them from the others in the group. Nothing to do with racism, just simple identification. Also, what if there's a big crowd scene and they're all moving around, but there's only one black person? Would you refer to their skin colour then to identify them?
Also, why do you think it is such a terrible thing to mention someone's skin colour? Do you feel a black person would be offended if you mention the fact that they're black? Only I hate to break it to you, but I think they already know they're black.
Are you suggesting the green people in that horror movie were not real?
We are going round in circles, I have explained my point several times and so have you
we are not going to agree so lets leave it at that
He doesn't see colour.