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You misread my post. Black and coloured is not the same thing in South Africa. Coloured has a significantly higher rate than other ethnic groups (black and whit
by torrent-of-ions 9y ago
You misread my post. Black and coloured is not the same thing in South Africa. Coloured has a significantly higher rate than other ethnic groups (black and white). The clash with American terminology is unfortunate, but in this case there is no alternative.
- wavefunction 9y agoMixed-race might work?
- MBCook 9y agoThey didn't misread it, they were trying to give you a heads-up. As an American I didn't know "colored" was used in South Africa and other than context I wouldn't have know that it was distinct from black. I'd be curious to know the difference. In the US "colored" is an old and derogatory term for black. So your sentence reads like "X and Y are this, but Y is that" where one of the Ys is a word that isn't used. I don't think they were trying to be mean or attack you, just give you a heads up on how many/most of HN may (miss)interpret your comment.
- throwanem 9y agoThat's exactly right. Thanks for clarifying.