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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(Not American) yeah, I always thought it sounded dumb, but didn't know it was a slur too.
It was a term du jour back in the Jim Crow (read: hyper racist) era. That particular phrasing has baggage.
Wow, TIL. As a non-American, there are many such facts I wasn't aware of, let alone many details that now seem obscure or lost (for a variety of reasons, like the attempt to erase certain stuff from history or prevent them from being taught in schools).
I do hate how history can muddy language like that. Terms like "colored people" should mean literally people who are colored... and nothing else. I've never been one to actually use that term because it's so non-specific; but I never knew it had a derogatory connotation either.