What's mildly irritating you today?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Flint

Is "people of color" what we are supposed to say now?

"I was talking to a person of color the other day..."
"I'll take a question from the gentlemen of color in the third row..."
"Excuse me, sir, of color, you dropped your wallet!"
"You know that guy, of color, that was at your office party?"
"My daughter's new boyfriend, of color, is very tall..."
"There were no actors, of color, in the Lord of the Rings trilogy..."

One thing is for sure, the term African American is not accurate anymore.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

One thing is for sure, the term African American is not accurate anymore.

I met an elderly black woman who went on a ten minute rant about how she wasn't African American, she was black. She was American. Her ancestors weren't from Africa, etc. etc. and She rounded up the whole thing with a slight leer and an Alberta Hunter quote "You can't tell the difference after dark."

If she'd been even 30 years younger I'd have gone for it.