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Arizona Republican refers to Black Americans as 'colored people' in House floor debate
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It’s really about context and nuances.
“Colored people” is a specific term that was used during the time of racial segregation in America, so it carries a lot of negative connotations beyond its literal dictionary meaning. It’s now considered outdated as well, so it was a bit shocking for a politician, especially one who identifies as white and conservative, to utter it.
And after segregation up to this very day. It is neither a 'slur' nor 'shocking', merely old fashioned.
NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People.
The NAACP predates modern terminology and I believe chose to maintain the name out of historic context.
It’s frequently used as a replacement for the N-word, and ignoring that is just being willfully ignorant.
Old Fashioned is not an excuse for racist language. This isn’t something that a younger person uses by accident. If this was some 80 year old white man I’d maybe believe that he got it mixed up. But it hasn’t been an accepted term for the majority of his lifetime and it’s not wrong to expect our representatives to not use racist language to describe their constituents.
It's not at all like the N-word, and pretending that it is is just being willfully ignorant.
think of it like the N-word. You (assuming you're not black) can't say it. I can't say it. But there are those who can. Ice Cube explained it really well. He said, "It's OUR word. You don't get to use it."
It's not the N word. It is one of the politically correct terms.