[ SECRET POST #3049 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3049 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, this.

I would never call any of my black British friends "people of colour" without expecting them to be bemused, if not slightly offended. They call themselves black, so that's what I call them as well. "People of colour" is not acceptable here, and it's not surprising that Cumberbatch got a little confused.

As for "colored" - Americans still refer to themselves as that on some occasions, so how is a non-US person supposed to know it's a bad word?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People

Of course it's polite to use the correct terminology, but it's just silly to jump on an momentary word fumble when even some African-Americans still use "colored".

[(Anonymous)]

No. 'Colored' is not used by African Americans. It's pretty much exclusively in the name of the NAACP and it's accepted there more or less only because it's been grandfathered in. It would be considered acceptable in pretty much no other context. It's one single exception.

I would also point out the fantastic irony involved here, where you're arguing that people from America shouldn't assume that they know what terms are used and considered acceptable in other cultures, and then making an argument that you know what terms are acceptable in America.