Arizona Republican refers to Black Americans as 'colored people' in House floor debate
nbcnews.com
Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.
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People of color yes, colored people, generally no. Small differences in words and language can change the meaning quite a bit. Here are some other examples:
Japanese = OK. Jap = frowned upon at dinner.
Homosexual = sure, have a blast. Homo = probably not ok to use in most cases.
Jewish = fine. Fucking Jew = has a bit of a hostile connotation.
I think just JEW is not really okay either.
I call it the hard J
What a coincidence, that's what my ex-wife called my....
You know what, I'm not doing this. This isn't reddit, it's time to turn over a new leaf and make intellectual posts instead of a bunch of karma farming innuendo.