While we're on the topic of ethnic PC terminology...'people of color' is racist. (Hispanic, politicians)

[wutitiz]

We've had a thread about 'hispanic' and 'Native American,' now what about 'people of color?'

This term, highly favored by liberals, arbitrarily divides the world into 'white' and 'everybody else.' Implicitly, it says that white is somehow special and set apart.

This term bugs me to no end, and I cringe whenever I hear it. I'm not saying that anyone who uses it is a racist. Some are just misguided and unthinking. But yes, many who use this term are racists. And it's no accident that this term is straight out of the liberal lexicon.

[Alltheusernamesaretaken]

I'm always wondering just which color.

Pink? Green? Chartreuse? Polka-dotted? Oooh, that would be fun!

[SNEwx_46]

This term has always bothered me too.

[renault]

Originally Posted by wutitiz

'people of color' is racist.

Thank you. I've felt for a while that this term is as offensive and racist as 'negro'. If we really want to be a progressive nation then racist terminology like this needs to be retired from english language.

[plwhit]

Since black is all colors combined does that mean blacks should be the ones complaining the least?

[ovcatto]

Call me when white folks stop referring to themselves as white folks.

[renault]

Originally Posted by ovcatto

Call me when white folks stop referring to themselves as white folks.

The only time white people are reminded about their race is when black people bring it up.

[Alltheusernamesaretaken]

Originally Posted by ovcatto

Call me when white folks stop referring to themselves as white folks.

I never have the oppportunity nor the inclination to refer to myself as "white."

But non-white people sure have no problem doing it.

[robbobobbo]

Originally Posted by wutitiz

We've had a thread about 'hispanic' and 'Native American,' now what about 'people of color?'

This term, highly favored by liberals, arbitrarily divides the world into 'white' and 'everybody else.' Implicitly, it says that white is somehow special and set apart.

This term bugs me to no end, and I cringe whenever I hear it. I'm not saying that anyone who uses it is a racist. Some are just misguided and unthinking. But yes, many who use this term are racists. And it's no accident that this term is straight out of the liberal lexicon.

This term, as I have heard it used, is almost exclusively used by racial minorities, not white people. If anything, it implies a shared solidarity among non-whites, not that being white is special.

[wutitiz]

Originally Posted by robbobobbo

This term, as I have heard it used, is almost exclusively used by racial minorities, not white people. If anything, it implies a shared solidarity among non-whites, not that being white is special.

I disagree--I have heard the term used by whites many times, typically by journalists, politicians, and other white liberals. Like this for example:
Where are the people of color in national parks? - Travel - News - msnbc.com

Judging by the author's photo, he is white. (BTW, the article, besides providing me with an example, is interesting reading).

In the second place if the term implies a 'shared solidarity among non-whites,' which I agree that it does, does this not imply in turn that whites are somehow set apart from all other races? I don't see how it doesn't. That's why I say that this term is inherently racist.