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The issue with "coloured" is pretty simple but seems to confuse many for some reason.

We're all coloured but the term is used to generalise and group people that are non-"white". That's a massively diverse group whether it's based on nationality, race, skin colour, culture, etc. It doesn't actually tell you anything accept that they're non-white.

Turning it around how many caucasions would be happy to be described as, for example, non-yellow instead of white
 

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The issue with "coloured" is pretty simple but seems to confuse many for some reason.

We're all coloured but the term is used to generalise and group people that are non-"white". That's a massively diverse group whether it's based on nationality, race, skin colour, culture, etc. It doesn't actually tell you anything accept that they're non-white.

Turning it around how many caucasions would be happy to be described as, for example, non-yellow instead of white


Its the same old story Paul, one rule for us and a completely different set of rules for everyone else and even then they can pick and choose which rules suit them.

And yet we keep pandering to these tossers.

I detest political correctness.

Everyone says that we have freedom of speech and we are a democratic nation. What a load of old B@llocks. You are allowed to say what you like providing everyone else agrees with and it does not cause someone to sob their eyes out.

And yet we as whites are not allowed to be offended when the non whites have a dig..

Sorry, I will get off my soap box now.:couch:
 

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The issue with "coloured" is pretty simple but seems to confuse many for some reason.

We're all coloured but the term is used to generalise and group people that are non-"white". That's a massively diverse group whether it's based on nationality, race, skin colour, culture, etc. It doesn't actually tell you anything accept that they're non-white.

Turning it around how many caucasions would be happy to be described as, for example, non-yellow instead of white

Historically the phrase "coloured" has been applied to those of African/Afro-Caribbean origin, hence that particular demographic uses it today as a stick to beat the white population with. You don't hear those of arabic, latin, asian or oriental origin getting all huffy when the phrase is used.
Equally, using the phrase "white" to describe a certain section of society is just as generalised in it's own way as using "coloured" , but no one who fits that demographic gets the arse when it's used. But people could... I could, for example, find it offensive to be described as just being "white" because I'm actually Northern European Caucasian and don't want to be grouped in the same category as Southern Hemisphere Australasian Caucasian types. Whenever I have to fill in a form that asks what my ethnicity is I always choose "Other" and put White, Scottish because I'm sick to death of seeing a dozen or more options for every other non "white" ethnic group....but just one option for those of us who just happen to be "white and British".

The main reason that the word "coloured" offends some these days is because they associate it with so-called white imperialism and they're too stupid, militant or racist themselves to differentiate between history and a generalised description of someone's skin colour.
 

noobie

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I think it's more that coloured has always been okay however in this modern world of new words for old things, you had poc (persons of colour) and then bame, (Black Asian and Minority Ethnic)

So for me it's more not that we are suddenly racist, but the influx of those looking to be offended, are finding new words, terms and actions to be offended by and we can't keep up because we are not obsessed by it.
 

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Half caste became mixed race, now it is dual heritage, is there a committee somewhere that just convenes to discuss these things? The pc brigade are a set of socially inadequate inferior pillocks who are scared of their own shadows & are
Always looking for new sticks to beat us with.
 
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