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Is "POC" now the new term for Black?
Posted on 8/13/14 at 8:40 am
Posted on 8/13/14 at 8:40 am
Today I was reading articles elsewhere that were written by non-white authors. They referred to themselves as POC. I am assuming that means "person of color" or "People of Color"
Are we now back to calling black people "colored"? I saw a thread on here just the other day where it was said that "colored" was racially offensive.
Im a cornfused white honky.
Are we now back to calling black people "colored"? I saw a thread on here just the other day where it was said that "colored" was racially offensive.
Im a cornfused white honky.
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Posted on 8/13/14 at 8:42 am to Pavoloco83
Shut up honky.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 8:43 am to Pavoloco83
My skin is colored. It's a peachy white color, but that's a color. Guess I'm a POC.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 8:43 am to Pavoloco83
You have NO right to even talk abut labels for other people, quit being so privileged.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 8:45 am to Pavoloco83
guvment came'n took muh baby
Posted on 8/13/14 at 10:43 am to Pavoloco83
Colored people, for short.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 10:46 am to Pavoloco83
If colored is offensive, shouldn't the NAACP look at a name change?
Posted on 8/13/14 at 10:47 am to Pavoloco83
On Liveleak it's "Infraction".
Posted on 8/13/14 at 10:49 am to WG_Dawg
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shouldn't the NAACP look at an existence change?
To wit: not existing?
Posted on 8/13/14 at 10:55 am to TbirdSpur2010
Oh, didnt know.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 10:59 am to WG_Dawg
I'm just joking 
Not about the NAACP, the modern iteration of that organization can go frick itself.
But "person of color" doesn't bother me. I hear it so rarely, anyways. Never comes up in casual conversation.
Not about the NAACP, the modern iteration of that organization can go frick itself.
But "person of color" doesn't bother me. I hear it so rarely, anyways. Never comes up in casual conversation.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 11:02 am to TbirdSpur2010
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I'm just joking
Not about the NAACP, the modern iteration of that organization can go frick itself.
But "person of color" doesn't bother me. I hear it so rarely, anyways. Never comes up in casual conversation.
Really? I've always seen colored as racist. I'd never refer to another person as colored.
Unless I was anonymous on a forum..............
Posted on 8/13/14 at 11:05 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Really? I've always seen colored as racist. I'd never refer to another person as colored.
I was really just talking about the phrase "person of color." Just straight up "colored" wouldn't out and out offend a lot of black people these days (depends on the person and/or context), but it'd draw funny looks because that descriptor is not common anymore.
And for the record, I've never called another person "colored" irl in my life or heard anyone call me that irl, either.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 11:22 am to Pavoloco83
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Im a cornfused white honky
i recently learned the word "honky" comes from the old days when white men would seek black prostitutes and instead of approaching them and speaking, the white men would just honk.
the more you know....
Posted on 8/13/14 at 11:25 am to Pavoloco83
i'm pretty sure the 80's and 90's made it where we can just say black and that's not offensive.
i could be wrong. i don't use any other word or term for it in day to day life. i haven't said "african american" or "colored" in years.
i could be wrong. i don't use any other word or term for it in day to day life. i haven't said "african american" or "colored" in years.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 11:27 am to Pavoloco83
I assumed POC referred to brown people in general.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 11:34 am to SECSolomonGrundy
Huh, so that's where that comes from.
Never knew that.
Never knew that.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 11:34 am to 3nOut
I just say "black", the same way I call white people white.
I feel like if I was having a conversation with a black person and said something about "African americans" they would almost be insulted that I was trying TOO hard to not step on toes.
I think it just all boils down to the situation. I'm not really all that close with any black people currently, but when I lived in Bham for 2 years I had a coworker that was black and we really got along well and were pretty good friends. We were so casual about stuff like that, he'd always ask me "why do white people..." and I would ask him "why do black people always..." and neither one of us thought anything of it.
I feel like if I was having a conversation with a black person and said something about "African americans" they would almost be insulted that I was trying TOO hard to not step on toes.
I think it just all boils down to the situation. I'm not really all that close with any black people currently, but when I lived in Bham for 2 years I had a coworker that was black and we really got along well and were pretty good friends. We were so casual about stuff like that, he'd always ask me "why do white people..." and I would ask him "why do black people always..." and neither one of us thought anything of it.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 12:00 pm to WG_Dawg
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I feel like if I was having a conversation with a black person and said something about "African americans" they would almost be insulted that I was trying TOO hard to not step on toes.
It really depends on the person, tbh. I use both AA and black interchangeably and know a lot of folks who do the same.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 12:05 pm to Pavoloco83
I call them black people. Seems to have worked out pretty well, considering that's how I describe black people to my black acquaintances.
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