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Originally Posted by lime

Ammi you are one of my favortie posters here .I don't like that you use the words that coloured is term to denot a person of multi-heritage...Coloured people are coloured people and very proudly so....It is not a term used by "White men"as Mokkka has said.Many people are multi-heritage....that doesn't make them coloured...I am struggling to understand that people fail to understand that saying colored is offensive whilst knowing that saying Magda and her family as very proud colored people are upset when in the west their culure is described as offensive

I think the issue is that the word has been used differently in UK and US English, and so in different parts of the world there are going to be different connotations. Basically... I doubt many people (black or white) know what "coloured" refers to in South Africa.

That said in all honestly avoiding controversy can seem difficult at times. For example, Will Smith was on a Graham Norton recently and referred to himself and others as "people of colour" which I thought was considered out of date / offensive, as I've ALSO seen black actors in interviews insisting "just say black". . Though Will Smith is getting on a bit so maybe he is using out of date terminology?