Re: PC or not PC

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• Subject: Re: PC or not PC
• From: Gregory Parkinson <glp@panix.com>
• Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:05:11 -0400
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• In-reply-to: <20001019.175612.-237045.0.bmaxey1@juno.com>
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At 5:56 PM -0600 10/19/00, Herbert C Maxey wrote:
>  >>Recently I have heard the term, "person of color." I wonder what
>>>color that means. I, myself, am sort of pink with white hair.
>
>We are all colored to some extent. Therefore the term has little meaning
>in my mind.

Heh.  Pretending naivete about what a huge impact
differences in that extent can have is just bizarre.

>They are talking about black people I suppose.

In general, yes, but I've also heard dark-skinned
latinos use it too.

>  Then, again -
>I can't use the term black anymore.

My experience is that "black" is acceptable.

Greg

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