[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Maybe she just didn't know what the correct term is these days her being old and that.?

You think she didn't know the words like black, Asian etc?
She did. But she preferred "them". Like in "oh I dont go into central London, it's full of them"

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I am not complaining about anything or speaking on behalf of anybody apart from myself, just saying there is a couple of generations out there who don't sit on the net all day or do social media or watch reality tv so keeping up with a changing situation isn't as simple as it is made out, as an example PoC I have mainly come across on TiBB, I have rarely heard this used in rl

This suggests there is some kind of memo sent out to social media and reality tv about it?

Nobody needs a subscription, an internet connection or a secret club. They just have to live in the world.

[Gstar]

"Racism is in the past" they said

[lime]

Originally Posted by Livia

When a Muslim man demands that only a female doctor can touch his wife or daughter, is that sexist? Or is that acceptable?

Not sure how a muslim is brought into this...unless of course you are talking about how the black muslims (shopowners ) are being burn alive in Sa

Muslim families are been tortured and murdered in SA because of their religion..They work hard but still are not accepted

[lime]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Your personal experiences or the fact that you actually lived in Africa matter not a jot, we must all fall in to line and use acceptable UK terminology even if this is not wanted or needed by the people being addressed….white saviours eh

Thats a very silly post Cherie.You obviusly do not understand coloured people...I don't think think you understand and thats OK..Ignorace is bliss...On a final note it matters more than a jot that white folks refuse to acknoledge coloured people...I actually believe you think you are right and you mean no offence.But you do

[lime]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Nope the conversation has moved on to why 'coloured' should be an acceptable term. We've had the , well they like it!.. the, it was perfectly acceptable 50 yr ago! and now what? I'm just so ignorant I can't be held responsible for offending people?...

You really do not get that a coloured person is a very proud person.If you think they want or need you to speack for them you are wrong...nothing to do with 50 yrs ago...they were coloured then and they are coloured now...


If you want to know what is offensive in Africa ...for me is watching South African (not the Zulu) burning burning each other alive..Xenophobia is the biggest problem in Africa ATM..For the love of all things sacred...maybe spend a weekend in SA before you pas judgement on stupid terminoligy...people are dying..children are missing..and all you want to mention is what is the least offensive term

[lime]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Quite frustrating Lime hey.
Coloured is derogatory in British culture, Colored is something to be proud of in South African culture.

[Toy Soldier]

To be fair lime you seem to be hyper-focussed on what the term means in SA, which is understandable given your personal connection to SA, but it really has very little to do with the word being used in a wider context where it meant something completely different?

[lime]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

To be fair lime you seem to be hyper-focussed on what the term means in SA, which is understandable given your personal connection to SA, but it really has very little to do with the word being used in a wider context where it meant something completely different?

I really don't think i am hyper-focussed on what coloured means..I just feel that alot of white people in the west get offended by coloured people being called coloured people...but do not focus on the fact of the strife in their lives..It's very hard for them...not accepted by blacks /whites.They have alot more strife in their lives than caring who in the west is worried about them being coloured