[Crimson Dynamo]

[QUOTE=GiRTh;7544558]The term colored was used during Apartheid in South Africa and segregation in America as an expression to describe anyone who wasn't white. They didnt offer any further distinction than 'WHite or 'Coloured' but sometimes they used 'non white'.




yes but this is the UK and the word has a proper historical nautical meaning. You seem to be living your life in south central LA

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yes but this is the UK and the word has a proper historical nautical meaning. You seem to be living your life in south central LA

The term is is associated with civil rights struggles in America.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

The term is is associated with civil rights struggles in America.

in what way?

simply because it was the term that was used at that time to describe a black person?

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

in what way?

simply because it was the term that was used at that time to describe a black person?

A non white person. Please be accurate so mixed race and any in between were not allowed in the white areas.

Which leads us onto why black people prefer to be called black.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

A non white person. Please be accurate so mixed race and any in between were not allowed in the white areas.

Which leads us onto why black people prefer to be called black.

This did not happen in the UK though?

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

This did not happen in the UK though?

No but Benedict Cumberbatch said this in the USa. I feel for him cus it was always gonna cause a fuss.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

No but Benedict Cumberbatch said this in the USa. I feel for him cus it was always gonna cause a fuss.

Yes I can understand why idiots in the USA would ignore what he was saying and take to twitter to be offended but not sure why coloured would be a wrong term to use here, a bit outdated yes but nothing else.