"Person of color" is one of my favorite phrases to hate on these days. On the surface, it sounds like a respectful way to refer to people that belong to a raci

"Person of color" is one of my favorite phrases to hate on these days. On the surface, it sounds like a respectful way to refer to people that belong to a racial minority. But if you do even a second of thinking, you realize that "person of color" is a long way of saying "colored", a word that had serious negative connotations a century ago during the era of segregation in the USA. And if you peel it back even further, "colored" just means "non-white". I suspect that people who say or write "person of color" are giving themselves a pat on the back for using the right euphemism of the year to refer to a (supposedly) marginalized group. But I think the truth is more sinister. They just found a way to say "non-white" without saying those exact words. Speaking personally, I am classified as a person of color. I refuse to refer to myself using that term because it is ridiculous. If you feel tempted to call me that, just use "non-white" instead - it is more honest and transparent. You're putting whites in one category and everyone else in the "other" category. If you think that calling me "non-white" sounds wrong, then you should think that calling me "person of color" sounds equally wrong. If you want to be racist, be openly racist. Don't hide behind fuzzy terms like "person of color". If you meant to convey "non-white", say what you mean. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color