I find it more racist when people say 'Coloured'

omg thats so true. I am one of them people. I want to know so much about other religions but i am just to scared to ask!

Huh?

Personally no, but then I am not criticising anyone for doing so.

i wouldnt say its raciest

There's a world of difference between "the black man standing over there" and "you black bastard".

Just a bit....

Never fear a black guy is here :bigsmile:

I wouldn't care if someone identified me as being "the black person", nor would any of my friends that are black.

I get more offended when I get called African, just because I have the same color skin as most Africans, doesn't mean I am one. It's a bit like calling an English caucasian Polish.

Coloured and N*gger are the worst.

"West Indian" I still hear that one occasionally! All depends on context OP, the context you describe aint racist no

Under that circumstance, I wouldn't say that its racist.

Things are changing year by year when i was growing up in the 70s i was never described as Black, it was deemed offensive, almost as if being Black was offensive, Coloured was used instead. More and more though people are accepting Black as purely a descriptive term and when i hear a White person say "the Black guy over their" it makes me think back at how it use to be and makes me a tad bit proud to be English.

that's the same with my BF we were at a party (it was quiet rough) he can't called an "African Monkey" because he got served before this t wat

he didn't mind the monkey part he thought that was quiet funny but being called African really offended him


another time i got told of by some random woman for describing my BF has half cast and was told "it's bi-racial or mixed race" to which i said "i'll call my bf what i like"

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I don't think calling people 'black' is racist.. what do you want me to say 'brown' ?

no its completly fine

I'm black and no I do't mind being called black. I just don't like when its too pronouced with in the sentence. I.E the BLACK man over there. Next time you here someone make references to black people lsiten to how they exaggerate the word above all the words.

Nah thats not racist, i would probabily describe someone as white when im talkin to my peoples. icehot69, half caste is offensive though in my opinion. And yeah people thinkin all black people are African is annoying.

Nice thread, and it hasn't descended into chaos either which says a lot of good things about this place :)

'Fro, i have heard a few people upset about the term half caste, and i want to add my pennies worth.
I'm 30 years old, went to a school with a massive cross section of all ethnicities and religions, and the term half cast was used by mixed race folks for themselves. Nobody considered it offensive in the least. It was just another descriptive word, the same as black is. About 5 years ago i spoke to a mixed race girl and she mentioned her mom was white, her dad black, and i said, completely innocently " ohhh you're half caste". She was shocked. I had no idea why and i was upset that i had upset her. We had a talk about it and we were both ok at the end of it, but i guess my point is that things are always subject to change, and if anyone uses that term, then it is not necessarily from a bad place. It's an old word that has just become out of fashion. Consider the age of the person who uses the term, before you get too upset.
There was a time when Gay men were called Queens. Another example of how a word becomes outdated. It's all a matter of intent i think. :shrug: