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"person of colour" is especially funny since that's the polite term, but the near identical "colored people" is deeply offensive. Why? Because it's associated w
by everdrive 2y ago
"person of colour" is especially funny since that's the polite term, but the near identical "colored people" is deeply offensive. Why? Because it's associated with the evil old viewpoints, and really no other reason.
- asddubs 2y agoyes, and saying the n word is deeply offensive but ginger is not even though it contains the exact same letters. very deep, very smart. soon you'll figure out that all words are arbitrary sounds we assign meanings to
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoWhat a bad analogy. One is an anagram and the other is two phrases with (mostly) the same literal meaning.
- asddubs 2y agoand flammable and inflammable mean the same thing but also the opposite thing. the point is that words don't have strict definitions, it's messy and similar phrases can have wildly different connotations. you can't just look at the meaning of individual words and say it's arbitrary.
- QuercusMax 2y agoa couple of Gs, an I and N, and E and and R.... - from Prejudice by Tim Minchin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw
- Sohcahtoa82 2y ago"Person of color" puts the personhood before the non-whiteness. "Colored people" does the opposite. The difference is subtle, and in most cases, I would argue that "colored people" was just the term of the times and did not intend to imply inferiority. Give it another ~20 years for the people who made "people of color" the popular term to have their children come of age and they'll decide that "people of color" is offensive for some reason.